Emissions from energy developments and permafrost soils | @stfxuniversity @FluxLabX @Eosense @Arolytics
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Excited to share we are one of 8 companies selected for @innovacorp's Accelerate Program (out of 137 applicants!)
The award includes funding and six months of business guidance. Thank for for this wonderful opportunity Innovacorp.
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Congrats to @arolytics co-founder Emmy for delivering a rockin' pitch last night! I was in great suspense watching the live stream from Calgary. So excited to be part of #VoltaCohort!
Congratulations to Spring @voltaeffect cohort - 5 examples of terrific innovation who continue to build their businesses @mcinnescooper proud to support innovation and entrepreneurship
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📣 Announcing the spring 2019 #VoltaCohort:
- @ReelDataAI
- Atomo
- Gibli Innovations
- @arolytics
- Blackwatch.Tech
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Can we just agree that every student should do an Aquatic Resource field course in the Cape Breton highlands? Because it's awesome? Thanks @drisk_eh for letting me TA and getting students pumped about barnacle larvae!!
A more personal @fluxlab feature than I’m used to! A process I love: Hiring keen 1st year students as research technicians, building their skills for years, sending them (inter)nationally for projects, watching them get headhunted and/or besting PhD students for meeting awards.
...a real honour for me! Thanks to KE @StFXRowing (another 🙌 leader) for making this happen. In @kentmacdonald I see deliberate leader who reflects and sees himself from the outside. He strikes a balance between dreamer and realist. He trusts and listens. I’ll miss him.
Dr. Dave Risk is introducing StFX President Dr @kentmacdonald, and praising his personal style of leadership.
“Kent buys Timbits and coffee for staff clearing StFX walkways in the early morning. He’s a passionate man who has borne the weight of StFX with integrity and honour.”
White Rock...a special present for those who go just beyond the end of the new @Keppoch_Trails ski loop.
What’s our capacity to produce #biogas and renewable natural gas (#RNG) in Nova Scotia, via waste-to-gas conversion? Estimates suggest we have sufficient organic wastes to satisfy 100% of our natural gas needs...renewably. As Quebec dives in, we too should examine #RNG economics.
The world’s largest pork producer could disrupt the entire industry by investing hundreds of millions to turn manure into biogas. edf.org/9Zx
An ultra composed MSc defence from @tarahanl0n (in grey, prepping anemometer)! Her research improves wind measurement from moving vehicles. It’s a difficult measurement that, if done well, helps us accurately measure natural gas leaks whilst in motion. @FluxLabX
Interesting. It makes me wonder why the fossil energy sector is so dogmatic on pipeline business model. Maybe profit. In Nova Scotia, we scaled controversial renewable wind energy projects - quickly - using clever community investment & ownership models. cbc.ca/news/business/tmx-irc…
Yes, big congrats on wrapping up a fantastic MSc thesis related to Capron Capture and Storage (#CCS)! A particularly strong second chapter where @nadia_tarakki investigated natural anomalies that can impact the surface monitoring “system” for such sites. Watch for the paper!
Every year, oil and gas production in Canada wastefully releases more natural gas / methane to air than is produced by Nova Scotia - our 4th largest supplier. Our new study illustrates the discrepancies between methane emission rates at 1300 (!) wellpad sites across Alberta.
New study published today by members of @Fluxlab, RHUL, and myself: Methane emissions from contrasting production regions within Alberta, Canada: Implications under incoming federal methane regulations. Full text: elementascience.org/articles…
Love the new extended (and grooooomed!) XC ski track @Keppoch_Trails! Get outside, people...it’s winter!
Oi. To my colleagues in @AmeriFlux @ICOS_RI etc with mad eco measurement skills: Who else has applied their skills to directly reduce (not just measure) emissions? And, how? My @Fluxlab started >10 yrs ago in O&G,to reduce the footprint. @ProfVonfischer washingtonpost.com/energy-en…
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We are getting very excited for tomorrow to present with @drisk_eh @FluxLabX & our own Nick Nickerson on the #forceddiffusion technology for measuring #CO2 flux in even the harshest environments on Earth! Register today ow.ly/ZFvu30mQfS8 we will also send a recording after!
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So good. @drisk_eh
Flux Lab @stfxuniversity uses an arsenal of tools in its quest to measure greenhouse gas emissions across Canada #cdnpse universityaffairs.ca/news/ne…
Back to the season of scoring snowfall prediction performance! For today there is a 10x difference in prediction from two major sources. Who do you believe? WN’s prediction for 1-3 cm, or ECCC’s 15 cm estimate?