Given the increasing prevalence of wildfires, the strong linkages between wildfire and moose habitat, and the importance of moose to the people of the boreal region of North America, our goal was to assess if and how moose harvest patterns changed immediately following a wildfire. To address ...
The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) is a globally known wildland fire risk assessment system, and two major components, the fire weather index system and the fire behavior prediction system, have been extensively used both nationally and internationally to aid operational wildland ...
factors including contaminant and nutrient loads from human activity (mining effluent, wastewater, agricultural runoff, plastics), landscape change (wetland drainage, urbanization), and climate change (warming water temperatures, longer open water seasons, extreme hydrological events, intensifying wildfires)....
Climate scientists are increasingly able to attribute extreme weather events to the influence of climate change. And when floods or wildfires destroy lives and property, it's usually in a city. Cities are the most vulnerable to climate change in Canada but have the least resources to manage the...
The C1-phenanthrothiophenes were also prominent components of the S- and N-heterocyclic PACs in bituminous sands and petcoke (by-product of bitumen refinement), and are indicators of bitumen sources (Chibwe et al., 2020b). In addition, 15,000 measurements of unPACs and aPACs (51 analytes...
To achieve these objectives, we sampled six large wildfires one year after they burned in the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta, Canada, characterizing soil, vegetation, and fire properties, and sequencing microbial (bacterial/archaeal and fungal) communities using the ribosomal RNA gene. The...
Although useful, quantitative findings are limited by predetermined questions, deductive indicators, and prox- ies. Qualitative research can help elucidate the nature and quality of social capital and how it operates in everyday life. Existing qualitative case studies have pro- vided rich analyses of...
(wetland drainage, urbanization), and climate change (warming water temperatures, longer open water seasons, extreme hydrological events, intensifying wildfires). Canadian rivers are especially important to the overall biogeochemistry, hydrology, biodiversity, and ultimate health of aquatic and terrestrial ...
Introduction: Wildfires impact large populations worldwide with increasing frequency and severity. In Canada, the fire season has affected more areas this year with potential implications for individuals’ well-being and quality of life (QoL). Objective: