Principal Investigator:Cox, Amelia Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5970.
1) To assess the impact of recent 2023 wildfires on the aquatic ecosystem in small ponds in the Dehcho and South Slave area.
2) To assess whether small ponds impacted by the 2014 wildfire season had recovered to pre-fire conditions.
3) To assess whether there were cumulative impacts of repeated wildfires on small ...
Principal Investigator:Pisaric, Michael FJ Licensed Year(s):
2019
201820172016 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4564.
The objectives of this research are to examine the frequency and severity of past wildfire and drought (drought-like) conditions in the southern Northwest Territories. Specifically, the research team will examine the following questions: 1) how frequent and severe have fires been in the; 2) are fires becoming more fre...
Principal Investigator:Olefeldt, David Licensed Year(s):
2017
20162015 Summary:
The project team intend to study carbon cycling in peatland catchments, in order to determine whether the interactions between wildfire and permafrost thaw causes increased release of greenhouse gases from peatlands and aquatic ecosystems to the atmosphere, and thus cause amplified climate change.
Given the overall objective of the project, the team intend to address five research questions:
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