Dave Risk

Emissions from energy developments and permafrost soils | @stfxuniversity @FluxLabX @Eosense @Arolytics

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

@stfxuniversity is well represented (3 alum!) on the co-author list of this important study, just published in Nature Climate Change. Permafrost is a bigger carbon emitter than we thought because emissions continue in the winter: https://t.co/KAFiUuE7gv

[Arolytics @arolytics]

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.

https://t.co/S7ZeJgtSpY

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

@BenBondLamberty I was in Hali too (2 hr from home), sitting on a restaurant patio when you walked by. I figured it was a doppelgänger. Have fun!

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

@Steampunk_T That’s cool. It would be a great project. I wonder how it would ride on the gravel road?

[Liz O'Connell @lizoconnell13]

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!

[Volta @voltaeffect]

📣 Announcing the spring 2019 #VoltaCohort:

- @ReelDataAI
- Atomo
- Gibli Innovations
- @arolytics
- https://t.co/vgZ2oVoYNs

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

@voltaeffect @ReelDataAI @arolytics It’s 2 am in Rotterdam - where I’m conferring with EU colleagues on #emissions - but tonight’s #VoltaCohort nail biting has kept me thoroughly awake! Huge thanks to @voltaeffect & partners for this opportunity, and to Emmy for representing our @arolytics team so well!

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

@maltby_ella Thanks @EllaMaltby for a great few days and especially our coastal zone outings. It’s a good field school when I learn something too!

[Ella Maltby @maltby_ella]

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!!

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

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.

[StFX University @stfxuniversity]

We’re honouring Dr. Dave Risk, Professor of Earth Sciences at StFX and head of The Flux Lab, which has given countless students real-world research experience.

One of his students had this to say: “He has an ability to help people realize skills they didn’t even know they had.”

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

...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.

[StFX University @stfxuniversity]

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.”

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

White Rock...a special present for those who go just beyond the end of the new @Keppoch_Trails ski loop.

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

@Keppoch_Trails Yes, I heard it’s now loaded. Am hoping to visit someday soon.

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

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.

[EDF @EnvDefenseFund]

The world’s largest pork producer could disrupt the entire industry by investing hundreds of millions to turn manure into biogas. https://t.co/qHKj3nPVe1

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

Defences, graduations, and startups...seeing people move on from @FluxLabX is always sad. And rebuilding takes work. But wow - what a well rounded and high functioning team I’ve worked with during the last few years. The accomplishments and futures they’ve earned...amazing!

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

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

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

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. https://t.co/Ca67Wa76BU

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

Carob is the new carbon. 😉

[🅕🅛🅤🅧 🅛🅐🅑 @FluxLabX]

Carob price 101 : https://t.co/UqltOKcH7A

[Dave Risk @drisk_eh]

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!

[🅕🅛🅤🅧 🅛🅐🅑 @FluxLabX]

Congrats Nadia @nadia_tarakki ! Great work! 🥳