Science in the field
Measuring carbon dioxide emitting from the Mississippi River in Minnesota with the U.S. Geological Survey, 2015.
Collecting large volumes of Jamuna (Brahmaputra) River water for suspended sediment filtering in Bangladesh, 2010.
Working with students from University of the Fraser Valley to sample the Fraser River, 2011.
Monitoring turbidity in the Fraser River at Fort Langley, British Columbia, during the spring freshet, 2013.
Sampling Crater Lake, Oregon, for dissolved inorganic solids, 2012.
The view from the bridge of the container ship Atlantic Companion during a cruise across the North Atlantic, 2007.
Sampling Oregon’s Rogue River for stable isotopes of water, 2013.
CTD rosette dangling over the North Pacific Ocean during a research cruise from Seattle, Washington, to Station P to Hawai`i, 2008.
Science in the lab
Fraser River sediment samples awaiting grain size analysis.
Extracting dissolved lignin from Fraser River water at the University of the Fraser Valley.
PicoTrace clean lab for analyzing trace metals at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Pigment fractions extracted from Euglenia algae at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings Marine Laboratory.
Water samples from the North Atlantic Ocean awaiting dissolved inorganic carbon analysis at the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften in Kiel, Germany.
Our beautiful world
Mississippi River in Minnesota during fall colors, 2014.
Blue Mesa Reservoir on the Gunnison River, Colorado, 2015.
Trishuli River in Nepal, 2010.
The Fraser River Valley in British Columbia, Canada, during the 2011 spring freshet. Photo: Chris Linder.
Valmont coal-fired power plant in Boulder, Colorado, prior to de-commissioning.
Log cabins on the banks of the Chilcotin River, a tributary of the Fraser River, in British Columbia, Canada, 2009.
Leh, India, August 2014.
Pine beetle trails in a fallen tree, British Columbia, Canada.
Ice on Green Lake, Seattle, Washington, 2008.
Just for fun
Exploring chemical oceanography with middle schoolers at Women in Science and Engineering Day at Bay View Academy, Rhode Island.
Mural in Quesnel, British Columbia, celebrating the relationship between bears and sockeye salmon.
Outdoor art in southern California.
Preferred mode of transit in Boulder, Colorado.
High tide and a rainstorm create serious flooding in Charleston, South Carolina.
A cake worthy of the Fraser River!