| Title | Géosciences des changements climatiques dans la région subarctique du Canada : articles d'information |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Wolfe, S A ;
Morse, P D; Fraser, R; Kerr, D E; Van der Sanden, J J; Short, N H; Zhang, Y |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Popular Geoscience 99, 2017, 22 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/299884  Open Access |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | French |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is a translation of Climate change
geoscience in sub-Arctic Canada: information pages |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon |
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| Subjects | environmental geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geophysics; Nature and Environment; climate; temperature; permafrost; ground temperatures; ground ice; ice conditions; thermokarst; subsidence;
snow; ice; ice thickness; lakes; streams; aufeis; vegetation; peat; transportation; geophysical surveys; remote sensing; satellite imagery; LANDSAT; radar methods; airphoto interpretation; Climate change; Global warming; permafrost thaw; adaptation;
change detection; Infrastructures; Trees; Forest fires; icings; ice roads; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | time series; location maps; photographs; schematic cross-sections; sketch maps; satellite images; profiles; aerial photographs; graphs |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience Land-based Infrastructure |
| Released | 2017 04 20 |
| Abstract | Air temperatures in northern Canada are rising at a rate of three to four times that of the global average. This warming, and its consequences on the environment and people of the North, is of
significant concern. This is particularly true for sub-Arctic Canada, which is located within a sensitive boundary between seasonally and perennially frozen ground (known as permafrost). Natural Resources Canada addresses priority geoscience issues
important to Canadians. The Climate Change Geoscience Program, in partnership with other agencies, applies knowledge, techniques, and innovations to issues of climate change impacts and adaptations. This series of information pages describes the
application of our geoscience expertise and its impact on addressing climate change and adaptation in sub-Arctic Canada. These pages cover the issues of surficial geology, permafrost distribution and change, ground temperatures, ice-rich terrain and
thermokarst, winter roads, and change detection. A list of publications pertinent to the research activities presented in the information pages is provided at the end of this document. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Air temperatures in northern Canada are rising at a rate of three to four times that of the global average. This warming, and its consequences on the
environment and people of the North, is of significant concern. This is particularly true for sub-Arctic Canada, which resides within a sensitive boundary between seasonally and perennially frozen ground (known as permafrost). The Earth Science
Sector of Natural Resources Canada addresses priority geoscience issues of relevance to Canadians. The Climate Change Geoscience Program, in partnership with other Federal and Territorial agencies, applies knowledge, techniques and innovations to
issues of climate change impacts and adaptations. This series of information pages describes the application of our geoscience expertise and its impact towards addressing climate change and adaptation in sub-Arctic Canada. These pages include the
issues of surficial geology, permafrost distribution and change, ground temperatures, ice-rich terrain and thermokarst, winter roads, and change detection. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299884 |
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