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A return to Mount Meager—this time focusing on risk reduction, sediment hazards, and what can be done to protect downstream communities. Jeff talks with resilience researcher Veronica Woodruff about sediment‑rich rivers, engineered logjams, and the human side of hazard mitigation.
Whimsical Wavelengths: deep‑dive conversations where a working scientist unpacks how we know what we know, one paper, one idea, or whimsical detour at a time.
Two weeks ago, Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Meager’s eruptive history and why the mountain is unstable due to geothermal alteration, permafrost melt, and retreating glaciers. It's the the site of Canada’s largest recorded landslide.
Today, we shift from volcanic behaviour to risk reduction, exploring what can be done ...