INVITED LECTURES, WEBINARS and Public Talks
2023
“Unpacking freshwater’s role: Climate mitigation measures in freshwater systems”, March 16, 2023. Webinar organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute.
2022
“Future Directions in Blue Carbon Research” Keynote speaker, Canada-Korea Conference on Science and Technology, Niagara Falls, ON. July 4-8, 2022.
2021
“Marketing Tidal Wetland Soils (aka Blue Carbon): What Research is Needed?” Keynote speaker. Soil Science Society of America International Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov 2021.
2019
“Money for the Mud: How Carbon Markets Can Support Conservation.” Lakehead University, March 28, 2019.
“Cold Facts on Blue Carbon - Research in the North.” College of the Coast & Environment, Louisiana State University, Feb 15, 2019.
“Biota to the Mud and Mud to the Markets Why There is a New ‘Love Affair’ with Blue Carbon” Dept of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Feb 2019.
“Blue Carbon Science and Policy: Advances and Challenges.” Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Feb 8, 2019.
2018
“A review of research on soil carbon in China’s Spartina alterniflora marshes.” Blue Carbon Initiative Meeting, Weihai, China, August 28, 2018.
“How Blue Carbon Can Make a Difference in Wetland Restoration and Mitigation Policy- Examples from Eastern Canada.” Blue Carbon Initiative Meeting, Weihai, China, August 2018.
“Climate Feedbacks of Drainage and Restoration of Salt Marshes in Eastern Canada” Seoul National University, August 24, 2018.
“Do We Have Enough Data to Market Salt Marsh (Blue) Carbon? - Research Progress and Research Needs”. Dept of Geography, Concordia University, April 6, 2018.
“Do We Have Enough Data to Market Canadian Blue Carbon - Research Progress and Research Needs”. Dept of Biology, Dalhousie University, January 29, 2018.
2017
“Mitigation = Adaptation in Restoration of Reclaimed (drained) Wetlands”, KAUST Research Workshop: Blue Carbon - the role of coastal ecosystems in climate change mitigation and adaptation, 20-22 March, 2017, Thuwal, Saudia Arabia.
“Blue carbon consideration can stimulate restoration of salt marshes and mitigate climate change”, Atlantic Canada Peatlands and Wetlands Symposium, Coastal Wetlands Institute, June 6-7, 2017, Shippagan, NB.
2016
“Climate Change and the Future of Blue Carbon”, Webinar. Society for Wetland Scientists, April 14, 2016.
“Reclamation and Restoration of Northern Atlantic Salt Marshes”, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, China, July 1, 2016
“The Value of Preserving and Restoring Mangroves and Salt Marshes: Blue Carbon and More”, 4th Asia-Pacific Economic Forum Blue Economy Forum, Hainan, China; June 27, 2016
“Blue Carbon and Climate Change”, Environmental Science and Policy Distinguished Lecture Series, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, March 4, 2016.
“Detecting Sea Level Change and Ecosystem Response”, Department of Earth & Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Feb 29, 2016.
2015
“Blue Carbon and Climate Change”, Plenary Talk. SWS 2015 Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, May 31 – June 4.
“Blue Carbon and the Future of Canada’s Coastline”, Dept Geography, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, QC, October 13, 2015.
“Losing Money with the Mud? How Sea Level Rise Will Affect Salt Marsh and Mangrove Wetlands.” The Bernard and Susan Master 2015
Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture Series, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, Florida. Jan 15, 2015.
2012
St. Francis Xavier University Department of Earth Sciences, Antigonish, NS, “Carbon Storage in Coastal Ecosystems: Putting Our Coastline on the Carbon Market?” June 27, 2012.
“Assessing the Permanence of Blue Carbon Sinks with Rising Sea Levels”. Invited presentation at workshop on ‘Coastal blue carbon: mitigation opportunities and vulnerability to climate change’ 2nd Int. Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans, May 15-19, 2012, Jeosu, Korea. UNEP invited me and covered cost of travel from Antigonish, NS to Korea.
United Nations Environment Program Blue Carbon Side Event at 16th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Montreal, May 3, 2012. “Opportunities to Enhance Carbon Storage and Diversity in Eastern Canada's Coastal Zone”.
2011
Seminole Tribal Historic Preservation Office and Florida Field Archeology class of Florida Gulf Coast University, “The Enigmatic Carbonate Layer in Everglades Tree Island Peats ” June 11, 2011.
TERI University, Delhi, "Blue Carbon: an Ecosystem Service of Salt Marshes & Mangroves", February 23, 2011.
2009
Sihong Nature Reserve, International Symposium on Sihong Wetlands, “Wetland Recovery and Use in Eastern Canada", October 19, 2009.
Nanjing Normal University, School of Geography Science, Jiangsu Key Lab of Environmental Change & Ecological Construction. “Salt Marshes and Mangroves are the Best Natural Carbon Sinks”, October 17, 2009.
2008
“Wetland Ecology & Management: a Case Study of the Maritime Dikelands” for Concordia Environmental Management course, Nov 17
Environment Canada (St. Lawrence Centre). Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and perhaps sheep. January 18, 2008.
2007
McGill University, Department of Biology. Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. November 14, 2007.
2005
Bates College, Departments of Geology and Biology. Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. December 8, 2005.
Dalhousie University, Departments of Biology and Geology, Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. January 20, 2005.
Acadia University, Environmental Science Program and Department of Geology, Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. January 21, 2005
2003
Université Laval, Centre d'études nordiques, Salt Marshes and dykelands of the Bay of Fundy. September 2003.
Saltmarshes and Dykelands of the Bay of Fundy, Montreal Field Naturalists Club, Redpath Museum, McGill, Jan 2003.
1999
La dune de Bouctouche, (Irving Nature Centre Conference on Salt Marsh Ecology and Restoration) Latitudinal Variations in Salt Marshes. April 1999.
1997
US EPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab, Atlantic Ecology Division, "Signals from the Sediment: Indicators of Environmental Change in Estuarine Wetlands, Waters and Watersheds." July 1997
“Unpacking freshwater’s role: Climate mitigation measures in freshwater systems”, March 16, 2023. Webinar organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute.
2022
“Future Directions in Blue Carbon Research” Keynote speaker, Canada-Korea Conference on Science and Technology, Niagara Falls, ON. July 4-8, 2022.
2021
“Marketing Tidal Wetland Soils (aka Blue Carbon): What Research is Needed?” Keynote speaker. Soil Science Society of America International Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov 2021.
2019
“Money for the Mud: How Carbon Markets Can Support Conservation.” Lakehead University, March 28, 2019.
“Cold Facts on Blue Carbon - Research in the North.” College of the Coast & Environment, Louisiana State University, Feb 15, 2019.
“Biota to the Mud and Mud to the Markets Why There is a New ‘Love Affair’ with Blue Carbon” Dept of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Feb 2019.
“Blue Carbon Science and Policy: Advances and Challenges.” Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Feb 8, 2019.
2018
“A review of research on soil carbon in China’s Spartina alterniflora marshes.” Blue Carbon Initiative Meeting, Weihai, China, August 28, 2018.
“How Blue Carbon Can Make a Difference in Wetland Restoration and Mitigation Policy- Examples from Eastern Canada.” Blue Carbon Initiative Meeting, Weihai, China, August 2018.
“Climate Feedbacks of Drainage and Restoration of Salt Marshes in Eastern Canada” Seoul National University, August 24, 2018.
“Do We Have Enough Data to Market Salt Marsh (Blue) Carbon? - Research Progress and Research Needs”. Dept of Geography, Concordia University, April 6, 2018.
“Do We Have Enough Data to Market Canadian Blue Carbon - Research Progress and Research Needs”. Dept of Biology, Dalhousie University, January 29, 2018.
2017
“Mitigation = Adaptation in Restoration of Reclaimed (drained) Wetlands”, KAUST Research Workshop: Blue Carbon - the role of coastal ecosystems in climate change mitigation and adaptation, 20-22 March, 2017, Thuwal, Saudia Arabia.
“Blue carbon consideration can stimulate restoration of salt marshes and mitigate climate change”, Atlantic Canada Peatlands and Wetlands Symposium, Coastal Wetlands Institute, June 6-7, 2017, Shippagan, NB.
2016
“Climate Change and the Future of Blue Carbon”, Webinar. Society for Wetland Scientists, April 14, 2016.
“Reclamation and Restoration of Northern Atlantic Salt Marshes”, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, China, July 1, 2016
“The Value of Preserving and Restoring Mangroves and Salt Marshes: Blue Carbon and More”, 4th Asia-Pacific Economic Forum Blue Economy Forum, Hainan, China; June 27, 2016
“Blue Carbon and Climate Change”, Environmental Science and Policy Distinguished Lecture Series, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, March 4, 2016.
“Detecting Sea Level Change and Ecosystem Response”, Department of Earth & Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Feb 29, 2016.
2015
“Blue Carbon and Climate Change”, Plenary Talk. SWS 2015 Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, May 31 – June 4.
“Blue Carbon and the Future of Canada’s Coastline”, Dept Geography, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, QC, October 13, 2015.
“Losing Money with the Mud? How Sea Level Rise Will Affect Salt Marsh and Mangrove Wetlands.” The Bernard and Susan Master 2015
Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture Series, Everglades Wetland Research Park, Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, Florida. Jan 15, 2015.
2012
St. Francis Xavier University Department of Earth Sciences, Antigonish, NS, “Carbon Storage in Coastal Ecosystems: Putting Our Coastline on the Carbon Market?” June 27, 2012.
“Assessing the Permanence of Blue Carbon Sinks with Rising Sea Levels”. Invited presentation at workshop on ‘Coastal blue carbon: mitigation opportunities and vulnerability to climate change’ 2nd Int. Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans, May 15-19, 2012, Jeosu, Korea. UNEP invited me and covered cost of travel from Antigonish, NS to Korea.
United Nations Environment Program Blue Carbon Side Event at 16th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Montreal, May 3, 2012. “Opportunities to Enhance Carbon Storage and Diversity in Eastern Canada's Coastal Zone”.
2011
Seminole Tribal Historic Preservation Office and Florida Field Archeology class of Florida Gulf Coast University, “The Enigmatic Carbonate Layer in Everglades Tree Island Peats ” June 11, 2011.
TERI University, Delhi, "Blue Carbon: an Ecosystem Service of Salt Marshes & Mangroves", February 23, 2011.
2009
Sihong Nature Reserve, International Symposium on Sihong Wetlands, “Wetland Recovery and Use in Eastern Canada", October 19, 2009.
Nanjing Normal University, School of Geography Science, Jiangsu Key Lab of Environmental Change & Ecological Construction. “Salt Marshes and Mangroves are the Best Natural Carbon Sinks”, October 17, 2009.
2008
“Wetland Ecology & Management: a Case Study of the Maritime Dikelands” for Concordia Environmental Management course, Nov 17
Environment Canada (St. Lawrence Centre). Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and perhaps sheep. January 18, 2008.
2007
McGill University, Department of Biology. Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. November 14, 2007.
2005
Bates College, Departments of Geology and Biology. Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. December 8, 2005.
Dalhousie University, Departments of Biology and Geology, Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. January 20, 2005.
Acadia University, Environmental Science Program and Department of Geology, Sea level rise, salt marshes, sediments, and sheep. January 21, 2005
2003
Université Laval, Centre d'études nordiques, Salt Marshes and dykelands of the Bay of Fundy. September 2003.
Saltmarshes and Dykelands of the Bay of Fundy, Montreal Field Naturalists Club, Redpath Museum, McGill, Jan 2003.
1999
La dune de Bouctouche, (Irving Nature Centre Conference on Salt Marsh Ecology and Restoration) Latitudinal Variations in Salt Marshes. April 1999.
1997
US EPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab, Atlantic Ecology Division, "Signals from the Sediment: Indicators of Environmental Change in Estuarine Wetlands, Waters and Watersheds." July 1997