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Aquatic Environment
Project Title | Post Date | Summary |
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Frobisher Bay Long-term Ecology and Habitat Mapping Study | 11-14-2016 |
Frobisher Bay is undergoing rapid anthropogenic and climatic change. |
Frobisher Bay Long-term Ecology and Habitat Mapping Study | 11-14-2016 |
Frobisher Bay is undergoing rapid anthropogenic and climatic change. |
Climate Change Adaptation for Nunavut Decision Makers Course | 03-27-2015 |
This course informs government staff of climate change impacts and how to incorporate climate change into deision-making across all government sectors. |
Cape Bounty Arctic Watershed Observatory (CBAWO), Melville Island | 03-06-2012 |
To determine the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems and freshwater quality and availability in the High Arctic, we created a water-shed and landscape ecosystem observation network. |
Building Capacity to Monitor the Risk of Climate Change on Water Quality and Human Health: A Two Year Journey Expanding Community-Based Leadership in Pond Inlet | 01-06-2016 |
A community project in Pond Inlet. We are a group of 3 young Mittimatalirmiut and we wish to research water quality and develop more skills in research! Access to healthy water is of paramount importance for Mittimatalirmiut. Water is important to keep us alive, sturdy and healthy; and bad water can be harmful for our people- our beloved elders, youth and infants. Water also an important cultural value to our people since many of us are going out on the land in order to provide our family with fresh water, just as our elders used to and they proudly taught us. |
ArcticNet Integrated Regional Impact Studies (IRIS) | 03-16-2012 |
ArcticNet brings together scientists and managers with their partners from Inuit organizations, northern communities, federal and provincial agencies and the private sector to study the impacts of climate change in the coastal Canadian Arctic. |
A Summary of MethylMercury and Climate Change Research in Nunavut | 06-27-2016 |
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that changes into various chemical forms through geochemical processes. It is an element that occurs naturally in the environment but with industrialization, humans have altered its cycle by adding more mercury in the water, air, and soil. |