by Charlie West The Mackenzie Delta region is the largest Arctic delta in North America and the second-largest in the circumpolar North. Located in the northern Northwest Territories, the Mackenzie Delta region is part of the traditional territories of the Gwich鈥檌n and Inuvialuit peoples. The region is almost entirely underlain with ice-rich permafrost, meaning the […]
Kristen Coleman, a PhD candidate in Professor Jennifer Korosi鈥檚 lab and a Weston Family Northern Scientist, studies impacts to lake water quality as a result of permafrost thaw near the southern extent of permafrost in the Northwest Territories (NT), Canada. Here permafrost is sporadic, occurring beneath 10-50% of the landscape. She focuses on the impacts […]
The Arctic is warming at more than double the global rate, increasing stress on landscapes and ecosystems. Permafrost, defined as ground that is continuously below 0掳C for at least two consecutive years, is degrading rapidly in response to warming air temperatures and altered precipitation regimes, representing a formidable threat to the Arctic landscape. Claire O鈥橦agan, […]
The mud at the bottom of a lake isn鈥檛 just mud, it contains within it clues that, once decoded, tell us how the environment has changed over time. Clues can be anything that sinks to the bottom of the lake and is deposited into the mud. Often, this includes things that were living (and died) […]