Matt Morison
Postdoctoral Fellow
Contact Information
Department:
Geography
Fields:
- Climate Change
- Environment
- Water
Areas of Expertise:
- Biogeochemistry
- Carbon Cycling
- Hydrology
- Micrometeorology
- Nutrient Cycling
Languages Spoken:
- English
Available To:
- Appear on radio or TV
- Appear as a public speaker
- Provide comment to media
- Write articles
- Discuss research with industry, government, and others
About:
Dr. Matt Morison is a Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Winnipeg and International Institute for Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area. Dr. Morison holds a PhD from the University of Waterloo (2018) in Geography and Environmental Management, and a BSc from The University of Winnipeg (2012) in Mathematics and Geography.
The world’s freshwater resources face rising pressure from direct human impacts and the effects of climate change on both water quantity and quality. Climate change, winter warming, forest fire, agricultural land use, permafrost thaw, and oil sands development are just a window into the way we impact - and are impacted by - the water which we need to live.
We urgently need to understand both the state of our natural, less-impacted watersheds and freshwater bodies, as well as monitoring of areas of hard and fast disturbance to be able to make conclusive statements about the effects our activities and climate change are having on these regions. Dr. Morison believes these important research problems requires working at a variety of scales from soil grains and single trees all the way up to catchments thousands of kilometers apart, working within a big team with diverse perspectives and experiences.
Media and Research Expert