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Assessment of Mechanical, Thermal Insulation and Water Sorption Properties of Natural Fiber-Cement Composites
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The growth of awareness about the environmental issues caused by the construction industry has fueled innovation in sustainable building practices in recent years. Of particular concern is the need for solutions to reduce the high carbon footprint of current building materials such as cement and...
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Assessment of Perennial Cereals in Central Alberta: Environmental Performance and Productivity
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Despite their paramount importance, modern, high-input agroecosystems used for annual grain production are often characterized as degraded systems with substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, namely nitrous oxide (N2O), a GHG 273x more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) on a mass basis....
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Assessment of soil capping for phosphogypsum stack reclamation at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
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Phosphogypsum (PG), an acidic byproduct of phosphoric acid production during phosphate fertilizer manufacturing, is commonly stacked on the facilities and capped with soil at decommissioning. The research evaluated soil capping depth (0, 8, 15, 30, 46, 91 cm) effects on response of five seeded...
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Assisted migration to address climate change: recommendations for reforestation in western Canada
DownloadFall 2011
A changing climate is the largest threat to forest productivity in western Canada and to the ability of forested landscapes to provide ecological and economic services, both now and in the future. As climate changes, locally adapted tree populations become mismatched with local conditions,...
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Beyond mountain pine beetle: soil carbon storage a decade after tree mortality and the possible influence of soil fungi
DownloadSpring 2024
Mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) disturbances, amplified by climate change, have led to extensive tree mortality and ecosystem succession in boreal forests across western Canada. Often following attack, former ectomycorrhizal (EM) pine stands in Alberta are replaced by...
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Beyond the host plant: Multi‐scale habitat models for a northern peripheral population of the butterfly, Apodemia mormo (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
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The Mormon metalmark (Apodemia mormo) butterfly is widely distributed throughout western North America. It is listed as threatened, however, in Saskatchewan, Canada because of a small population size within a restricted habitat. To most effectively manage for this species, land managers and...
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Biochar Addition Affects the Performance of Portland Cement Composites: Meta-analysis and Laboratory Experiments
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Portland cement is the most widely used binder in construction. However, the production of Portland cement emits a large amount of CO2, and one strategy to decrease such anthropogenic CO2 emissions is to reduce the amount of Portland cement produced by partially replacing it with supplementary...