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Fall 2024

Cooper, Madison E

Exposure to climate change is increasingly impacting the emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and young people. The disruption to ecosystems, built environments, economic systems, food systems, social support networks, culture and place-based identity is resulting in experiences of...

2018-01-01

Lemieux, Christopher J., Groulx, Mark, Halpenny, Elizabeth, Stager, Heather, Dawson, Jackie, Stewart, Emma J., Hvenegaard, Glen T.

Rapid environmental change in vulnerable destinations has stimulated a new form of travel termed ‘last chance tourism’ (LCT). Studies have examined the risks of LCT, while leaving potential opportunities within this new tourism market largely underexplored. Results of survey (n=399) research in...

Spring 2019

Sebastian Azcona, Jaime

The movement of seed sources from south to north has been proposed as a tool to mitigate the effect of climate change on forest productivity and mortality. Southern provenances, coming from warmer regions are expected to better utilize the extended growing seasons expected under climate warming....

Fall 2022

Casmey, Mariah

The timing of spring dormancy release and bud break in trees is an adaptive trait with potentially important management implications. Depending on how spring phenology is controlled, climate warming may disrupt the synchronization of bud break with the available growing season. Further,...

2020-07-28

Danielle Ratcliffe, Cole D. Gross, Edward Bork, Scott X. Chang

Spring 2022

Miller, Erin

Migratory species may shift established spatiotemporal patterns in response to anthropogenic impacts, so understanding the energetic consequences of behavioural plasticity may provide insight into how effectively migratory species respond to climate change. I used satellite telemetry to examine...

Spring 2019

Whitman, Ellen

Wildfire is the dominant stand-renewing disturbance in the northwestern Canadian boreal forest. Fires burn extensive areas in Canada, disturbing an average of 1.96 Mha yr−1, primarily in the boreal zone. Fires generally occur every ~30 – > 200 years in this region, due in part to a lack of fuel...

Fall 2023

Zhao, Jin

Climate variability and human activities exert significant influences on various components of the hydrologic cycle worldwide. Changes to the global climate system may affect the magnitude and frequency of both mean and extreme hydrological events, thereby changing the risk to critical...

Spring 2022

Ming Lyu

Wildfire smoke emissions contain substantial amounts of light-absorbing aerosols that can affect the radiation and cloud processes, resulting in climate impacts on regional and even global scales. The radiative impact of these light-absorbing aerosols is largely contributed by brown carbon (BrC),...

Fall 2024

Budgell, Kaitlyn S

In the province of Alberta, wildfires have been growing in severity and frequency for decades and are expected to worsen. These wildfires threaten an increasing number of individuals and families with poor air quality, destruction of property, and displacement. The effects of natural disasters...