Kyra Simone

Science Communicator & PhD Candidate in Environmental Science. Find me on 💙☁️ instead:

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Not really using Twitter anymore, find me on 🔵☁️ & other platforms as ScienceWithKyra!

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Also spent some time measuring the heights and basal diameter of trees, which have really shot up in the 6 years post-fire! #wildfire
#ClimateChange #research #PhDLife #GradSchool @GBayBiosphere

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Bogs & cranberries, it must be fall! 🍂 Wrapping up the field season at my wildfire research site with a few repairs after a large animal yanked wires out of the datalogger 🐻 🫎

#FieldworkFriday #FieldPhotoFriday #EnvironmentalScience #peatland @McMasterU

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Excited to nominate a peaty #SciComm paper!

[Mike Waddington @peatofmind]

The McMaster Ecohydrology presents our 2024 #NobelPeatPrize nominees!

#PeatPaper themes: peatland patterns, public perception, fire and metals, mercury, and fire weather

Winner announced Dec 5 @NOBEL_Water

@BettyEhnvall, A. Kuhn, @abbeymarcotte, @Colin_PRM, @j_mortelmans

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Check out the rest of our findings here! https://t.co/XrN7YIp0by

@ChantelMarkle @SuperMossSophie @HCAF8 @DefiniteForest @PeatOfMind #NewPaper #conservation

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In the @GBayBiosphere, at-risk turtles nest in shallow soil on #CanadianShield rock. BUT when #wildfire occurs, much of the soil burns off & erodes. Not only does this reduce the number of spots where #turtles can lay eggs, but also affects suitability of remaining nest habitat

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Further study will be important to determine how long conditions remain suitable - changes in vegetation cover will affect shading of soil deposits & the amount of radiation reflected (albedo), which will dictate nest #habitat suitability as post-fire recovery continues

[Mike Waddington @peatofmind]

Lights. Camera. Action!

Talking 🔥with @gracie_crafts and @KyraLSimone

@grahamperry1 (🎥) and @GBayBiosphere

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And that's a wrap for my first big (& very PEAT-y) conference! So excited for future opportunities like this, and feeling very lucky to be part of such a fun & supportive research group 😊 (feat. amazing #swagnum stickers by @RachelYFallas

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Had a great time at the @CGU_UGC conference! I presented part of my first PhD chapter on interannual variability of surface energy balance in unburned @GBayBiosphere rock barrens - this will act as a baseline to compare energy fluxes in an area that experienced wildfire!🧵

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Learned about unexpected timing of evapotranspiration in subalpine ecosystems from @LindseyLangs, and the role of seasonal ground ice in ET from Brandon Van Huizen & the @UW_Hydromet group