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Peatland Atlas: Facts and Figures About Wet Climate Guardians
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Organization
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
Peatland Atlas: Facts and Figures About Wet Climate Guardians
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Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
Peatland Restoration Pathways to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Retain Peat Carbon
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Peatlands play a crucial role in the global carbon (C) cycle, making their restoration a key strategy for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and retaining C. This study analyses the most common...
Satellite Determination of Peatland Water Table Temporal Dynamics by Localizing Representative Pixels of A SWIR-Based Moisture Index
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The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) is a physically-based approach for remote soil moisture estimation. OPTRAM is based on the response of short-wave infrared (SWIR) reflectance to vegetation water...
Video - Water management and the Lesser Slave River: Exploring water management challenges on the Lesser Slave River
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Meghan Payne provides an update on the watershed issues for Lesser Slave Lake and River in north-central Alberta.
Water Management in Alberta’s Boreal
Event
Event Date and Time
February 15th, 2023 at 8:00am MST to February 16th, 2023 at 4:00pm MST
Grande Prairie, AB
Organization
Alberta's Northern Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPAC's): the Athabasca Watershed Council, the Mighty Peace Watershed Alliance and the Lesser Slave Watershed Council invite you to join us...