The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other biome on Earth, and the potential ramifications are far-reaching because of global feedback effects between vegetation…
The study published in Nature Climate Change warns that winter carbon dioxide (CO2) loss from the world’s permafrost regions could increase by 41% if human-caused greenhouse…
My name is Paul Grogan and I am a professor of Plant and Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology in the Department of Biology at Queen’s University. I…
The people of Nunavut, the Nunavummiut, face many challenges. Among the most pressing is affordable access to nutritious, safe and culturally-relevant food. Indeed, eight times…
The detection and monitoring of surface water and its extent are critical for understanding floodwater hazards. Flooding and undermining caused by surface water flow can…
This much revised and expanded edition provides a valuable and detailed summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications in…
Sediment cores comprised of sediments deposited during the last 40-100 years were retrieved from two reservoirs in the recently populated Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.…
Leading international organisations presently argue that a transition to ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) is an obligatory task to ensure food supply for an anticipated nine billion…
In this paper, a top–bottom paleolimnological analysis of 30 undisturbed lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in northwest Ontario showed marked increases in the relative…
Recent climate change has been especially pronounced in the High Arctic, however, the responses of aquatic biota, such as diatoms, can be modified by site-specific…