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In the boreal biome of North America, large wildfires usually leave behind residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed refugia, which can strongly affect post-fire ecosystem processes. While...
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March 31st, 2022 at 9:00am MST to March 31st, 2022 at 10:00am MST
Our spring 2022 #PeatTalks series is looking beyond ECR life for #PeatECR and potential next career steps. Our presenters will talk about their work, but also the pros & cons, challenges and benefits...
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April 29th, 2022 at 10:00am EST to April 29th, 2022 at 11:00am EST
Our spring 2022 #PeatTalks series is looking beyond ECR life for #PeatECR and potential next career steps. Our presenters will talk about their work, but also the pros & cons, challenges and benefits...
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May 19th, 2022 at 11:00am EST to May 19th, 2022 at 12:00pm EST
Our spring 2022 #PeatTalks series is looking beyond ECR life for #PeatECR and potential next career steps. Our presenters will talk about their work, but also the pros & cons, challenges and benefits...
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May 5th, 2002 at 8:00am MST to May 9th, 2022 at 5:00pm MST
Edmonton, AB
This field-study based course focuses on field diagnostics of soil properties and processes. Prior knowledge of soil formation and classification is expected.
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This thesis research will explore the ways in which land-based healing and reclamation are interconnected. The Indigenous community members of the Pekîwe Cultural Lodge were both collaborators and co...
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Anna Maria Roos
Mary Gamberg
Derek Muir
Anna Kärrman
Pernilla Carlsson
Christine Cuyler
Ylva Lind
Rossana Bossi
Frank Rigét
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November
2021
Livers of caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) from Canada (n = 146), Greenland (n = 30), Svalbard (n = 7), and Sweden (n = 60) were analyzed for concentrations of eight perfluoroalkyl carboxylic...
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Authors
B. Ayres
Mike O'Kane
Lee Barber
D. Hiller
D. Helps
The Claude waste rock pile at Cluff Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin contains ~7.2 million tonnes of waste rock, upon which an engineered enhanced store-and-release cover...
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Objectives were to establish grass, shrub and tree species for evaluation of their response, particularly their reproduction response, to the climatic and edaphic conditions north of Fort McMurray
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Earl De Guzman
Marolo Alfaro
Two test sections along a newly constructed road embankment on peat foundations were instrumented to investigate their performance and to develop more economical means of construction method.
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2nd year of field work and intensive laboratory and greenhouse studies contribute to a much fuller understanding of the factors related to the very successful growth of Jack Pine on sand
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Lorna Harris
David Olefeldt
Nicolas Pelletier
Christian Blodau
Klaus-Holger Knorr
Julie Talbot
Liam Heffernan
Merritt Turetsky
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August
2023
Rapid, ongoing permafrost thaw of peatlands in the discontinuous permafrost zone is exposing a globally significant store of soil carbon (C) to microbial processes. Mineralization and release of this...
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February 13th, 2024 at 3:30pm MST to February 13th, 2024 at 4:45pm MST
Edmonton, AB
Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture is the dominant land use in First Nations in the Canadian Prairies. In this lecture, soil biochemist Melissa Arcand will provide an overview of...
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Since 1918, forest researchers have used the Petawawa Research Forest to establish long term experiments and have collected data using varied and innovative techniques to learn how trees grow within...