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This report is a condensed version of two reports on the chemistry of a variety of oil sands substrates from Syncrude, Suncor, OSLO and SolvEx.
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July 17th, 2021 at 4:00pm EST to July 17th, 2021 at 5:00pm EST
We are working to raise awareness about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), encourage participation in Alberta’s CWD surveillance program, and provide some tips on how to prevent the spread of CWD in...
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C.R. Neill
B.J. Evans
A.W. Lipsett
Describe how water and sediment from the Athabasca River are distributed through the delta system and how they circulate and mix in Lake Athabasca and flow through to the Slave River (re contaminants)
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Don Russell
Anne Gunn
Robert White
Caribou and wild reindeer ( Rangifer) are integral to ecology and Aboriginal lives and culture in circumArctic regions. Since reaching peak size in the 1990s, most herds have been declining, while...
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November 22nd, 2022 at 11:30am MST to November 22nd, 2022 at 1:00pm MST
Citizen science is often a great opportunity to engage communities in wildlife research and to broaden your data set. There are many different ways to engage communities in wildlife research. This...
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Are you concerned about a local lake or river? Do you want to start tracking water health to see how it changes over time? This workshop is for any Nova Scotian looking to monitor the health of their...
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December 7th, 2023 at 9:00am MST to December 7th, 2023 at 10:00am MST
The November/December 2023 webinar presentation will be "Classification of Typha-dominated Wetlands using airborne hyperspectral imagery along Lake Ontario" by Glenn Suir of USACE ERDC
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Treatment and disposal procedures for oil sands tailings, as well as for clay tailings from other industries, are discussed and general background to the disposal problems is provided
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Authors
Catherine Gagnon
Sandra Hamel
Don Russell
James Andre
Annie Buckle
David Haogak
Jessi Pascal
Esau Schafer
Todd Powell
Michael Svoboda
Dominique Berteaux
Migratory tundra caribou are ecologically and culturally critical in the circumpolar North. However, they are declining almost everywhere in North America, probably due to natural variation...
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Chloé Morineau
Yan Boulanger
Philippe Gachon
Sabrina Plante
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
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September
2023
Abstract The contraction of species range is one of the most significant symptoms of biodiversity loss worldwide. While anthropogenic activities and habitat alteration are major threats for several...
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Tim Williamson
Steve Colombo
Peter Duinker
Paul Gray
Ryan Hennessey
Daniel Houle
Mark Johnston
Aynslie Ogden
Dave Spittlehouse
Climate change is already affecting Canada’s forests. Current visible effects include changes in the frequency and severity of disturbances (such as fires, drought, severe storms, and damaging insect...
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Jeff Fera
Daniel Gouge
Evelyne Thiffault
Nelson Thiffault
This fibre fact provides an overview of how salvage logging can provide an opportuntiy for the forest industry to supply Canada's bioeconomy with wood fibre as well as regenerate a forest.
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Kimberly Dawe
Stan Boutin
Quantifying the relative influence of multiple mechanisms driving recent range expansion of non-native species is essential for predicting future changes and for informing adaptation and management...
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Climate change is an undeniable reality, and the boreal forest's response to accelerated global warming will surely have a major impact on forest ecosystems. The effect that higher concentrations of...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Vulnerability to climate change of more than 170 of Alberta’s native species is assessed on the basis of exposure and sensitivity to change
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Christopher Shank
Amy Nixon
This report provides a broad overview of how Alberta species are likely to be affected by climate change by the 2050s. Amphibians were consistently found to be the most vulnerable to climate change
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Authors
Yan Boulanger
Dominique Arseneault
Yan Boucher
Sylvie Gauthier
Dominic Cyr
Anthony Taylor
David Price
Sébastien Dupuis
Context Forest landscapes at the boreal–temperate ecotone have been extensively altered. Reducing the gap between current and presettlement forest conditions through ecosystem-based forest management...
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Authors
Jody Daniel
Rebecca Rooney
Derek Robinson
Resource Date:
March
2022
Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) are forecast to retract in their ranges due to climate change, and potholes that typically contain ponded water year-round, which support a larger...
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Nicholas Ofiti
Michael Schmidt
Samuel Abiven
Paul Hanson
Colleen Iversen
Rachel Wilson
Joel Kostka
Guido Wiesenberg
Avni Malhotra
Peatlands are an important carbon (C) reservoir storing one-third of global soil organic carbon (SOC), but little is known about the fate of these C stocks under climate change. Here, we examine the...
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Authors
Mariusz Gałka
Andrei-Cosmin Diaconu
Anna Cwanek
Lars Hedenäs
Klaus-Holger Knorr
Piotr Kołaczek
Edyta Łokas
Milena Obremska
Graeme Swindles
Angelica Feurdean
Rapidly increasing temperatures in high-latitude regions are causing major changes in wetland ecosystems. To assess the impact of concomitant hydroclimatic fluctuations, mineral deposition, and...