Principal Investigator:Morse, Peter D Licensed Year(s):
2023
20222021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5500.
The goals of this multi-year-long project are to assess greenhouse gas (methane and carbon dioxide) release from warming permafrost and tundra lakes in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) and to study associated carbon dynamics and microbiological processes, including the release of mercury to the environment.
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Principal Investigator:Olefeldt, David Licensed Year(s):
2023
20222021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5448.
This project proposes to monitor wetlands, streams, rivers, and lakes in the Dehcho region, with a focus on understanding current and future trends in aquatic mercury and methylmercury. The region has vast stores of mercury accumulated in organic wetland soils, and there is a risk that disturbances such as permafrost ...
Principal Investigator:Porter, Trevor Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
This purpose of this research is to better understand long-term changes in winter temperatures and atmospheric mercury (Hg) in the Mackenzie Delta area over the last 11,700 years, a period known as the Holocene. The fieldwork aims to sample 20-30 ice wedges that represent a range of Holocene time. Precipitation stable hydrogen isotopes (a temperature proxy) and elemental Hg archived in the wedge i...
Principal Investigator:Laurent, Cyrielle C Licensed Year(s):
2015
Summary:
The short term objectives for this project are to:
- Assess permafrost as a possible origin of mercury contamination;
- Measure mercury content in permafrost samples;
- Engage the community to exchange traditional and scientific knowledge to better understand relationships between country food, water quality, and permafrost degradation from a contamination perspective; and
- Use traditional la...