2013 IBFRA Conference Summary – "Boreal Forests at Risk: From Boreal Science to Public Policy"
The 16th international conference of the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA) was held October 6-10, 2013 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
IBFRA
Climate Change: can nature repair the planet? | The Economist
A closer look at one of the most familiar responses offered to the climate crisis. What is the real story behind trees and climate change? See our research here: ...
The Economist
Dynamic Modeling of Forest Ecosystem Processes and Services in North American Boreal Forests
Dynamic Modeling of Forest Ecosystem Processes and Services in North American Boreal Forests (David Lutz, Dartmouth) - Fire Season Updates (Alison York, ...
IARPC Collaborations
NAIT Boreal Research Institute leads applied research in reclamation of oil and gas sites
NAIT is making a difference in one of the world's largest ecosystems -- Canada's boreal forest. The NAIT Boreal Research Institute opened in 1995 in Peace ...
NAIT
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow - Boreal Caribou: Ghosts of Forest Past?
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta, covers the status of boreal caribou in Canada. Her presentation at the North American Caribou Workshop, Fort St.
LanduseKN
#shareEGU20: US3 The role and impact of fire in the Earth system across spatial and temporal scales
Recent record-breaking wildfires in the Arctic, boreal forests, the Mediterranean and, at the same time, human-driven decreases in burned area in savanna ...
European Geosciences Union
Frontiers, Forests and Climate Change | Alexandra Morel | TEDxBeechenCliffSchool
Alexandra Morel will explore the topic of environmental change, relating to her expertise on the field of forests and their significance in the world. Dr. Alexandra ...
TEDx Talks
Seminar: How can boreal forest contribute to mitigation climate change?
14 March 2019: How can boreal forest contribute to mitigation climate change? Organisers: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), SOMPA Research ...
Luke Finland
Maria Trivino - Boreal Forest Ecologist
Originally from Spain, María is a research scientist at the Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (http://www.jyu.fi/berg) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants
Climatic Controls of Wildfire in the Boreal Forest and Arctic Tundra Biomes across Multiple...
2014 Fall Meeting Section: Global Environmental Change Session: The Role of Fire in the Earth System: Understanding Drivers, Feedbacks, and Interactions ...
AGU
What is BOREAL ECOSYSTEM? What does BOREAL ECOSYSTEM mean? BOREAL ECOSYSTEM meaning
http://www.theaudiopedia.com What is BOREAL ECOSYSTEM? What does BOREAL ECOSYSTEM mean? BOREAL ECOSYSTEM meaning - BOREAL ...
The Audiopedia
Surprising Role of Trees in the Boreal Water Cycle
Approximately 25 to 50 percent of a living tree is made up of water, depending on the species and time of year. The water stored in trees has previously been ...
USGS
Conservation Genomics of Boreal Caribou - W. Garfield Weston Fellow Kirsten Solmundson's Research
Kirsten Solmundson, Trent University (PhD Candidate), is examing how caribou populations across Canada are exemplifying the patterns of the current mass ...
WCS Canada
Discover NAIT researcher Dr. Bin Xu’s passion for boreal peatland restoration
Dr. Bin Xu cares about the land. He always has. As NAIT's Research Chair in Peatland Restoration that passion is his day job. His research, conducted at the ...
NAIT
Restoring forests and reclaiming lands at NAIT's Boreal Research Institute
Restoring forests and reclaiming lands that have been used by industry is a passion that Dr. Jean-Marie Sobze shares with his colleagues at NAIT's Boreal ...
NAIT
Biomes and Climate Change: The Boreal Forest
Learn about the Boreal Forest.
Jacob Tanenbaum
ACRoBEAR - Arctic Community Resilience to Boreal Environmental change
ACRoBEAR - Arctic Community Resilience to Boreal Environmental change: Assessing Risks from fire and disease.
Belmont Forum
Reclamation in Alberta's Boreal Forest
Reclamation and environmental monitoring are ongoing processes in the oil sands region. Oil sands operators have a requirement to reclaim everything they ...
YourAlberta
Birch Syrup Provides Sweet, Sustainable Business in the Boreal Forest
If the trees are gone, then our livelihood is gone,” says Al McLauchlan, co-owner, along with his wife, of Rocky Lake Birchworks, an eco-friendly, family-owned ...
Pew
Daily Planet: Boreal Fire Science
At the University of Maryland, Fire Protection Engineering Assistant Professor Michael Gollner studies wildfires for a living. Inside his lab, he's recreating parts of ...
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Harvesting in the boreal forest
Dr. Doug Pitt, a vegetation management and biometrics scientist, discusses the scientific basis for the harvesting systems used in Canada's boreal forest. For an ...
NaturalResourcesCa
Boreal Forest Butterflies and Seismic Lines
A quick summary of the research that my former grad student, Federico Riva, completed as part of his PhD program. In my opinion, a very interesting and ...
John Acorn
MSc Biology and PhD Boreal Ecology
Both programs have close collaboration with research centres and the Goodman School of Mines which provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research of ...
Laurentian University - Université Laurentienne
Introduction to Strategic Environmental Management
EOI · 12/03/2012 · http://a.eoi.es/1xsn The aim of this open class is to give an introduction to a broader course on Corporate Environmental Management and Life ...
EOI Escuela de Organización Industrial
Listening to the boreal forest - Season Three
Devon Canada is leading a study in the boreal forest aimed at monitoring the movement of rare bird species in the lower Athabasca, in Alberta, Canada.
Let's Go Outdoors
Cracking the code of the mountain pine beetle
The destructive advance of the mountain pine beetle in Western Canada has been rapid and expansive. But UAlberta researchers are on the front lines of the ...
UniversityofAlberta
A Day in the Life of Joshua, Reclamation Research Assistant at Suncor Energy
Meet Josh. He is a research assistant at Suncor's reclamation sites where he works with students and researchers. Josh describes the variety of opportunities for ...
Suncor Energy
Elizabeth Hadly (Stanford) 1: Loss of biodiversity in a human-dominated world
https://www.ibiology.org/ecology/loss-biodiversity-human-dominated-world/ Loss of biodiversity in a human dominated world (Part 1): A growing human ...
iBiology
Dr. Ken Drouillard camps in Ontario's northern boreal forests.
The School of the Environment's Dr. Ken Drouillard who researchers at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research spends his down time canoeing ...
Science UWindsor
Dr. Laura Chasmer: A Multi-level Classification for Boreal Wetlands
Dr. Laura Chasmer, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge, discusses the need for a multi-level ...
LanduseKN
11 in '11: Pew Environmental Accomplishments | Pew
From establishing shark finning bans and sanctuaries to securing protections for krill, menhaden and Quebec's boreal forest, check out our round-up of 11 ...
Pew
Science Bulletins: The Ecology of Climate Change
The boreal forest, which stretches across northern latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle, is a key region for studying climate change—and not just the impacts.
American Museum of Natural History
Preston Sorenson - Digital Soil Mapping of the Boreal Forest in Northern Alberta
Preston Sorenson is a PhD student at the University of Alberta. He discussed a recent project to generate a soil map using field inspection data and remote ...
LanduseKN
How popular forest management practice could be making fires worse
Vast tracts of Canadian forest are managed with the herbicide glyphosate — to shape the way they grow — but the trees it kills may have an important role to ...
CBC News: The National
How wildfires affect climate
Forest fires can affect the Earth's climate in several ways. They release greenhouse gases. They send soot and other aerosol particles into the atmosphere.
University of Michigan Engineering
Text-to-Speech in the Classroom
Students and educators demonstrate how text-to-speech converts digital text into speech, helping students overcome barriers related to reading and ...
Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium - ERLC
Webinar: Introduction to Geospatial Analysis in R
Short Description: During this webinar we will provide an overview of common geospatial operations in R including: how to import data files into R, overlay ...
NASA Earthdata
What's with the bears anyway: Martyn Obbard at TEDxAlgonquinPark
Dr. Martyn Obbard is a Research Scientist with the Wildlife Research and Development Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources based in Peterborough, ...
TEDx Talks
Environment Research Talks 2018 | Alessandria Testani | 3MT
Alessandria Testani, Archaeology: 5000 Years of Human-Animal Relations at the Site of Tse'K'wa (Charlie Lake Cave)
Faculty of Environment
L&O: Lake depth may govern the relationship between fish abundance and water color
Video Abstract from recently published L&O paper: "Lake morphometry moderates the relationship between water color and fish biomass in small boreal lakes" ...
Journal Video Highlights
CARTA: Tool Use and Technology: Dietrich Stout - Early Hominin Stone Tools
This symposium addresses the interactive gene-culture co-evolution of the human brain with tool use and technology - ranging from simple stone tools millions ...
University of California Television (UCTV)
Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Variability (Special Tutorial 1) by Eric Daniel Maloney
DISCUSSION MEETING: AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL FROM MONSOONS TO MIXING ORGANIZERS : Eric D'Asaro, Rama ...
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
