Principal Investigator:Giang, Amanda Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5518.
The objectives of this project are to develop and apply a computer model of mercury bioaccumulation in the Beaufort Sea Shelf food web; to estimate the effects of selected environmental changes on historical Beaufort Sea beluga MeHg concentrations from (1970-2010s); and, to investigate potential future trajectories of...
Principal Investigator:Outridge, Peter M Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
The objective of this research is to reconstruct climate change information as well as recent industrial mercury and lead pollution histories for Inuvik and the lower Mackenzie River valley.
To determine the above, a core sample of peat will be taken from a peat bog located near Inuvik, and analyzed for elements and dusts deposited from the air over the last 7,000 years.
The site will be a...