Mika McKinnonOvjeren akaunt

@mikamckinnon

Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. she/her 🇨🇦🇺🇸

West Coast
Vrijeme pridruživanja: lipanj 2009.

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    Hi! I'm a disaster researcher (landslides in space with !), TV & movie science consultant, field geophysicist, & freelance science communicator. I'm usually somewhere along the West Coast of North America. Easiest way to contact me is

    Muddy Mika in high-vis gear on a landslide deposit.
    Mika fishing with a GoPro camera in the surf line of a beach.
    Mika looking only slightly evil while wearing a fancy dress giving a presentation.
    Mika on set of Stargate:Atlantis in the gateroom.
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  2. File under: Logarithmic scales hide monsters Crossfile under: No, a magnitude 6 and magnitude 8 earthquake are not “pretty much the same thing”

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  3. Whomever left these tracks had Very Good Feet.

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  4. In general, early career geos & engs cluster into City of North Van because it’s bedrock with easy city commutes. With promotions (& $$$), they move uphill into the district of NVan (better views, some landslides) or west (still rock, spectacular views)

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  5. Geography: North Van is directly north of Vancouver (surprise!) across the water. City of North Van is mostly the flat bits (adjacent to the City of West Van, which is NW of Vancouver) with lots of roads. District of North Van is mostly the mountain bits with few roads.

    Map of the city and district of north vancouver
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  6. For those new to , here’s your background context from the local big city paper:

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  7. Do you need a break from Big Serious Politucal Scandals? Welcome to my hometown news:

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  8. Bonus: 1. If feasible, convert to permeable (gravel?) driveways. That extra infiltration adds up to make aquifers happy. 2. If feasible, cut wildlife highway holes in fences so hedgehogs, skunks, echidna, or whomever your local beasties can trundle through your yard.

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  9. 🎶From little things / Big things grow🎶 Thread on wilding yards:

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  10. Just in case you need an adorable logic puzzle today:

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    Exciting happenings in Vancouver in February! Join and I on Main & 6th tomorrow at 7 pm for an informal gathering to chat scicomm and sip hot chocolate No agenda. No presentation. Informal is the key word. /1

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  13. One day I hope we have enough black women in geoscience that I need an organization system to keep track of field tips. On managing hair for marine fieldwork:

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  14. Good questing, Piper! It’s time to go home.

    Plush sandpiper looking out the same seabus window, but this time at a city nestled at the foot of mountains shrouded in a blanket of clouds, everything tinted gold in evening light
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  15. Welcome home, Piper! Uh. This is a new addition to the immigration clearing hall...

    Plush sandpiper with an informational sign about the symptoms of corona virus
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  16. *something But the best bit? This (unofficial) bot doesn’t have a francophone counterpart.

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  17. At first I thought it was an error that they’d catch & fix to sobering more human readable. Or link to individual papers. Or... anything. But nope. This is a deliberate sustained choice Because Canada.

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  18. I’m pretty sure I follow this account exclusively for how adorable it is to autotweet Boolean search strings for YEARS as « advertising » for new research by Canadian government scientists.

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  19. Legs up for the last hop home, Pipes!

    Plush sandpiper tucked in to an airline seat back pocket, feet poking out
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  21. Things that make me happy: Science romance.

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