This creek is usually around 20cm deep and is about 2km from the St Lawrence River. I imagine the water table is normally quite high this close to such an enormous river. Canada is in a severe drought.

Excited for my first philosophy meeting in Toronto, bringing ecologists, philosophers and molecular biologists together to try and understand more about transposable elements. I'm kind of wearing two hats here, and it's fun.

Imagine a world where leading biologists are interested enough, and have the time, to co-edit a philosophy book. #ShutUpAndCalculate

Regeneration in the park near that mature tree. It would be cool if these were resistant offspring!

What's the latest on the prevalence of emerald ashborer resistance? I have a 70 year forest demographics dataset where it's clear the population crashed. Yet there's a handful of seemingly perfectly healthy trees scattered among the dead ones, like this one at a park where I go with my dog.