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Alberta has Made Little Progress to Protect Caribou Despite Conservation Deal, Report Shows
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An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it would. Full...
Biogeochemical Response to Vegetation and Hydrologic Change in an Alaskan Boreal Fen Ecosystem
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
Caribou butts and wolf cameos: How motion-activated cameras may reveal the secrets of a healthy Manitoba herd
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Wildlife scientists from two provinces are using motion-activated cameras to try to discern why one caribou population in northern Manitoba appears to be stable while herds are dwindling almost...
Caribou Herds in B.C., Alberta, Growing Due to Wolf Culls: Study
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Fresh research suggests Western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a...
Caribou to be Returned to Lake Superior Island
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There are plans to bring caribou back to the island in Lake Superior where they were rescued from wolves back in 2018. Full text of this article can be accessed here: Caribou set to be airlifted back...
'Cutting the heck' out of Canada's boreal forest has put caribou at risk
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Canada is home to the largest boreal forest in the world, a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that stretches from coast to coast. But a major new study examining nearly a half century of...
GIWS Distinguished Lecture Series
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Ilja van Meerveld is a Senior Teaching and Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. She obtained her PhD in 2004 from Oregon State University, and worked at the...
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Ana Barros, Duke University will be presenting on: Running the Distance in Cogwheels - Multiscale Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Hydroclimatic Change. More information to come.
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Brad Wilcox, Texas A&M will be presenting on: The Ecohydrology of Woody Plant Encroachment: How the Conversion of Grasslands to Woodlands is Altering the Water Cycle. More information to come.
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Lecture 4: Moving toward the next generation of Arctic land models Cathy Wilson is a Senior Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where she has held positions as Deputy Division Leader...
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LEcture 5: Deeper groundwater drilling an unsustainable solution to groundwater depletion Debra Perrone is an Assistant Professor of UCSB’s Environmental Studies Program. Deb integrates research...
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LEcture 6: Classification and Similarity for Global Hydrologic Prediction Ross Woods received his PhD at the University of Western Australia, under Dr Siva Sivapalan supervision in 1996. He is now an...
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Lecture 7: Coupled Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycles in Watersheds: Responses to Anthropogenic Changes in the Critical Zone Elizabeth W. Boyer is an Associate Professor of water resources at the...
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Lecture 8: Which rainfall events produces the largest flash flood? A hydrologist by training, Markus Weiler has worked in fields ranging from hydrology, soil science, isotope geochemistry, solute...
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Lecture 10: River corridors as global hotspots for microplastic accumulation, degradation and environmental impacts Dr Stefan Krause is Professor of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry in the School of...
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Lecture 10: Ecohydrological connectivity – What do we know and what’s next? Genevieve Ali is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph since January...
Peat Loss Collocates with a Threshold in Plant–Mycorrhizal Associations in Drained Peatlands Encroached by Trees
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Drainage-induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We...
Quebec to Invest $60M in Protecting Province's Caribou
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The Quebec government has announced a $59.5-million bid to safeguard Charlevoix's boreal caribou and the Gaspésie mountain caribou. These two regions were chosen because they have not suffered the...