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Congratulations to graduate students in the Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab led by Dr. Maria Strack for receiving first place in their striking peatland chocolate cake portraying a peatland in a state of remaining undisturbed blended with a range of disturbances and restoration methods.

Students in the Biogeochemistry Lab led by Dr. Helen Jarvie and Dr. Merrin Macrae placed second with their cake that illustrated various land uses in the Grand River Watershed.

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The winning student team from the Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab.

first place winner cake

The first place cake baked by students in the Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab that illustrated a peatland in a state of remaining undisturbed blended with a range of disturbances and restoration methods.

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The winning student team from the Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab.
first place winner cake
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The first place cake baked by students in the Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab that illustrated a peatland in a state of remaining undisturbed blended with a range of disturbances and restoration methods.
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The second place cake baked by students in the Biogeochemistry Lab that illustrated various land uses in the Grand River Watershed.

The Bake Your Research competition was held on January 15 and hosted by the Water Institute, an affiliate research center with the Faculty of Environment, and the Society of the Water Institute Graduate Students (SWIGS).

Four cakes of Bake Your Resarch competition
Four cakes of Bake Your Research competition
Four cakes of Bake Your Research competition
Four cakes of Bake Your Resarch competition
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Four cakes of Bake Your Research competition
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Four cakes of Bake Your Research competition
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