PhD candidate @GhgLab @GeogWaterloo studying #greenhousegases in #peatland #swamps. MSc in #peatlandrestoration. #fibro & #mentalhealth warrior. 🐈‍⬛ & 🪴 mom Rewilding & native plant education and gardening 🌼🌱🐝🐞🦋🐸🦉🐦‍⬛https://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3m6x7tdzt5k2eExcited to share the first publication from my PhD work on swamps! We conducted a synoptic study of 12 swamps across southern Ontario looking at carbon pools and fluxes. https://doi.org/10.19189/001c.15127601 Dec 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x7tdzt5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3llqwgenmwc22So at noon we find out that the last six months was the joke, right? ... ... Right?!!01 Apr 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqwgenmwc22https://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3lhczianm622oSome beautiful winter fluxing in the swamps over the last few weeks04 Feb 2025 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhczianm622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3lhcxzk3ask2kWhether it's the bog, fen, swamp, or urban wetland, we love to get fluxy 😁 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcxzk3ask2khttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3kspn7zslak2jThe swamps are coming alive again17 May 2024 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kspn7zslak2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3kd3nfzffdy26Happy meow-loween from the peatland cats, Black Spruce and Larch!01 Nov 2023 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd3nfzffdy26https://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3kaifqiasjc2nThen ---> now 2017, 3rd yr undergrad, the summer that started it all w/ @kenzco4.bsky.social in AB & NWT. 2023, 3rd yr PhD, the swamp project that just keeps growing w/ @wetland-ghg.bsky.social in southern ON. Thankful for these two amazing women for taking a chance and believing in me.28 Sep 2023 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaifqiasjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3k7vx4hlvk422Taking a nervous system reset break with my wonderfully chaotic native gardens. Love this corner.21 Sep 2023 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7vx4hlvk422https://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3k7te4x7euz2dCheck in on your queer friends and family today 💔🏳️‍🌈20 Sep 2023 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7te4x7euz2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3k5sqavyq432sSuper exciting Friday evening in the lab #gradlife25 Aug 2023 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5sqavyq432shttps://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3k5spytbwa227Someone come work in the swamps with me and tell me about the hydrology!! Wettest day yet after a big storm last night - 45 cm at the collar in the pool!25 Aug 2023 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5spytbwa227https://bsky.app/profile/smilingmegs.bsky.social/post/3k5qij4kssc2xEnjoying the colours and visitors in my native gardens.24 Aug 2023 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:sl56r4ugchrdtwvwpaxqm4vv/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5qij4kssc2x