A new Queen's study shows warmer temperatures are affecting lakes in the oilsands region
A recent collaborative research project between scientists from academia and government agencies has identified climate warming as the dominant driver of an increase in algal growth in the Athabasca oilsands region of northern Alberta.
Researchers used dated lake sediment cores to reconstruct past algal production and industrial impact at 23 remote, helicopter-accessed lakes in the oilsands region. Snowpack samples were also used to determine the nutrient deposition across the landscape.
The paper was co-authored by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 researcher John Smol (Biology) and Jamie Summers, a doctoral candidate in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory.
카지노 게임 컬렉션One of the biggest challenges we have in environmental work is the lack of reliable long-term monitoring data. Fortunately with lakes, their sediments act like a 카지노 게임 컬렉션history book카지노 게임 컬렉션, archiving past environmental changes카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Smol, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change.
Read the full story in the Queen's Gazette.