Alberta Science (sometimes political) Addict

Tweets about Science - emphasis on Alberta. An 'experiment'. No affiliation with any organization/group. Just zis guy! Use #AbSci when sharing Alberta Science.

[Environment Canada @environmentca]

🌱 Discover the hidden #biodiversity in your local neighbourhood with our Curious By Nature guides. Free to download—explore, learn, and reconnect with nature right outside your door! 

Visit: https://t.co/UmBlxfsbZR

 #EnviroWeek #EnvironmentalEducation

@naturelabs

[Praxis Science Outreach @PraxisMedHat]

Zainab Riaz and Hania Riaz attended the 2026 Canada Wide Science Fair in Edmonton, Alberta (May 23 – May 30, 2026) and both won bronze medals! More information at: https://t.co/niAr6jCdfI #CWSF2026 #STEM #SciEd #MedHat #SciChat

[RASC Calgary Centre @CalgaryRASC]

Registration closes on Friday at 10pm to provide numbers to our caterer! Make sure to grab your tickets for some good eats! E-mail [email protected] if you can’t find the e-mail invite or newsletter!

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

As climate change drives thawing of permafrost it can lead to highly acidic water that leaches ‘catastrophic’ levels of toxic metals from rocks into pristine streams, researchers in Canada have shown. https://t.co/bZd9DxVpkp #CdnSci #environment #science #ClimateScience #SciChat

[Cheryl Bozarth BSc🌎🌱🦉🇨🇦 @CherylBozarth]

https://t.co/OteeZYxEdo

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

The ocean especially the phytoplankton biomass is one of the lungs of the Earth that allows us to exist
The other is the world forests like the Amazon and Congo Basin
We are killing both these lungs and both lungs are dying
They call this progress growth and development

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Sending warm birthday wishes to Richard Robson who turns 89 today.

In 1989, Robson developed the first metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), cage-like molecular structures that can store substances inside them. Later, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi created more flexible and stable MOFs that can, for example, harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases and catalyse chemical reactions. It is for this work the three were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Whilst in Stockholm to accept his chemistry prize last December, Robson visited one of the city's most beloved attractions, the Vasa Museum. Few people are allowed onboard the deteriorating ship which sat on the sea floor for over 300 years, but the honour is occasionally bestowed to Nobel Prize laureates.

[EcoFriendlyWest (find us at @ecofriendlywest.bsky) @ecofriendlywest]

A motion seconded by town councillor and chair of the Kitimat Airshed Group calling for a cumulative health impact assessment on BC's gas industry was not supported by the majority of Kitimat town council.
https://t.co/m6eQRZ7bYU

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

What if moving cattle across thousands of acres could be done with a few clicks? Meet Agrivanna — a student-built startup using AI, drones and smart collars to help ranchers save time, reduce costs and manage herds more efficiently https://t.co/NRVtYSdYBX @HunterHubYYC

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

Video recordings show wild western chimpanzees, usually adult males, throwing rocks at specific trees & repeatedly returning to these trees to perform the behaviour. https://t.co/axihiQfRFi #primatology #anthropology #science #CdnSci #SciChat

[Richard Bernabe @bernabephoto]

Some wildlife variety on this #WildlifeWednesday

[SAGE_yql @SAGE_yql]

Getting Major Projects Built?

Canadian PM Carney wants transition to a war economy prioritizing cheap food, energy & raw materials

But is ecological integrity, clean air, water, fertile soil, biodiversity & stable climate compromised?

https://t.co/1RaeccHDtA #abpoli #cdnpoli

[Faculty of Science, University of Alberta @ualbertaScience]

The Master of Sustainability @UAlberta has five concentrations in sustainability impact areas:

1. Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
2. Environmental Policy
3. Collaborative Governance
4. The Built Environment
5. Consumption and Production (launching Fall 2027)

Learn more: https://t.co/7yZNcekCUm

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

“More than four months after pledging that emergency physicians would soon begin monitoring patients in crowded waiting rooms for health crises, the Alberta government’s promised triage liaison physicians aren’t yet on the job.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli https://t.co/3vK0XSK3yD

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence
Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment
https://t.co/MBySfzXKl0

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

U of Calgary research: Canadian Rockies study shows spruce trees adapt to rugged peaks and boreal flatlands in a similar way. https://t.co/ieBwQSDJhB #UCalgary #AbSci #biology #evolution #science #SciChat

[American Museum of Natural History @AMNH]

When this spider eats, “glitter” comes out. Meet the black-spotted Thwaitesia! During digestion, it sequesters a chemical compound called guanine which shimmers like water droplets in the Sun. Scientists think this striking display is actually a form of camouflage!

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

How a monster ocean heatwave could fuel a super El Niño
that will likely make 2026 one of the hottest years on record
El Niño is no longer just a natural event
Extreme ocean heat is helping initiate the conditions necessary for an El Niño
https://t.co/jOSKZ8o7Mw

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

B.C. natural gas would replace Russian gas, not coal, which experts say weakens arguments that liquefied natural gas lowers global emissions https://t.co/huQxLra2Av

[Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) @sciencepolicy]

How can the agri-food sector support stable, innovative, and secure supply chains?

Join us tomorrow for a free, virtual panel: "Sowing Security: The Agri-Food Sector and Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy."

Learn more and register: https://t.co/Rt5l6kRGNI

#CdnSci