Episode 12 - Arctic Connection: Community Collaborations in Research
Arctic inhabitants are taking research into their own hands. Rather than letting scientists determine what needs to be studied, Inuit communities in Canada are determining what questions they need ans...
6 Dec 20168min
Episode 10 - The Disappearing Frozen Ocean
Sea ice is rapidly decreasing due to accelerated warming in the Arctic. Animals, subsistence hunters, and researchers who rely on the frozen surface are adapting to less ice while trying to preserve t...
6 Dec 201610min
Episode 9 - How Yukon glaciers are responding to climate change
Many glaciers in the Kluane Region are fed by a massive reservoir of snow and ice that sits on top of the St. Elias Mountains. Glaciologists are studying how global warming is affecting the physical c...
3 Okt 20169min
Episode 8 - Warm, thaw, repeat: how the degradation of permafrost will amplify climate change
Frozen soils (or permafrost) in the Arctic are thawing, destabilizing the ground surface and damaging buildings and roads. Although infrastructure is crumbling, scientists are more concerned with the ...
3 Okt 20169min
Episode 7- Upwards and northwards: tree line advancement in the alpine, subarctic and Arctic
As the Arctic warms, the limits of where trees can grow are slowly shifting up mountains and further north. Researchers at the Kluane Lake Research Station in Yukon, Canada are trying to determine the...
3 Okt 20168min
Per6.- HSwanson
Dr. Heidi Swanson is an assistant professor and university research chair at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. She studies the response of aquatic food webs to climate change and the accu...
15 Apr 201616min
Per6.- SCGerlach
Dr. Craig Gerlach is the Academic Coordinator for Sustainability at the University of Calgary and a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. Prior to joining the University of Calg...
15 Apr 201613min
