Very excited to announce that my first PhD research paper is out! 🎉 We think shallow #peatlands represent #ClimateChange "sentinels" for deeper peats, but we don't know much about their #evapotranspiration (ET) dynamics 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70558 @nobel-water.bsky.social #PeatPaper #OpenAccess

Persistent Evapotranspiration in a Shallow Boreal Shield Peatland Despite Summer Drought: Implications for Ecohydrological Resilience

We examine energy balance and evapotranspiration dynamics in a shallow peatland as an analogue for projected climate change impacts in deeper peatlands. Across nine growing seasons, we document simil...

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Excited to announce that our latest #SurvivalOfTheDeepest paper was just published! Read more about it here ⬇️

Mike Waddington 🇨🇦@peatofmind.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A decade ago, we published our highly cited "Hydrological Feedbacks in Northern Peatlands" paper in Ecohydrology. Today the sequel just dropped! "Hydrological Feedbacks in Northern Peatlands 2: Peat Depth as a Control on Peatland Resilience" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 1/3

Excited to share that our research group's latest "Survival of the Deepest" paper has been accepted! We outline how strengths of several ecohydrological feedbacks are likely different between #peatlands of different depths, leading to increased vulnerability of shallow systems.

Mike Waddington 🇨🇦@peatofmind.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Winner of the 2025 #NobelPeatPrize for top McMaster peat paper is Furukawa et al. accepted earlier today in Ecohydrology! Almost four years to put this together. A complete lab group effort! Abstract attached. #SurvivalOfTheDeepest The #NobelPeatPrize (International) will be announced Dec. 11th

Really grateful that I had the chance to learn from Gracie & help out with this Georgian Bay Biosphere video!

Mike Waddington 🇨🇦@peatofmind.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out this new Georgian Bay Biosphere #StateOfTheBay "Learning from Fire" video featuring Gracie Crafts & @sciencewithkyra.bsky.social! #wildfire #shkode #peatlands @nobel-water.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sL...

In the McMaster Ecohydrology Lab, we've been studying how #moss transplants can help to kickstart vegetation recovery after a severe #wildfire. @nobel-water.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social #drone

Really enjoying watching Slow Horses, but I hate how often Gary Oldman is shown throwing cigarettes on the ground.... multiple times per episode! 🚯🚭 We need to stop normalizing this #PlasticPollution in media. #SmokingLitter

This year, I was excited to nominate a peaty #SciComm paper for the #NobelPeatPrize! Winner to be announced soon 👀

Mike Waddington 🇨🇦@peatofmind.bsky.social · 2y ago

At today's lab meeting we chose the winner of the 2024 #NobelPeatPrize for top International peat paper! Winner announced on Dec 5th #PeatSky Give these MAC Ecohydro Lab members a follow: @sciencewithkyra.bsky.social @gregverkaik.bsky.social @rosannebroyd.bsky.social @alexclark11.bsky.social