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Several Velella velella on the beach
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Why Trillions of Jellyfish Washed Ashore from Canada to California

by Jenessa Duncombe 31 March 20216 December 2021

Although warming oceans may make population booms and mass strandings more common, the species may ultimately be one of the beneficiaries of climate change.

Background image of a mine overlain by images of a wind turbine, a computer tablet, a jet plane, an electric car charging port, and wheat in a field.
Posted inScience Updates

Geological Surveys Unite to Improve Critical Mineral Security

by P. Emsbo, C. Lawley and K. Czarnota 5 February 20216 December 2021

A three-nation consortium is pooling geological expertise and resources to address vulnerabilities in supplies of these crucial natural resources.

Smoke rises from a singed landscape, meeting the clouds above a swath of boreal forest punctuated by lakes.
Posted inNews

Feedback Loops of Fire Activity and Climate Change in Canada

by Saima May Sidik 8 December 20201 April 2022

New research documents how a warming climate contributes to patterns in wildfire severity and frequency and how the fires contribute to climate change.

A rocky landscape with short vegetation in the Canadian tundra
Posted inResearch Spotlights

¿Cómo Afecta el Reverdecimiento del Ártico al Agua Subterránea?

by Kate Wheeling 13 November 20206 February 2023

Nuevas investigaciones examinan cómo los cambios en la ecología de la superficie influyen en la hidrología subterránea en el Ártico.

A 3D computer illustration of Hesperosuchus, an extinct genus of crocodylomorph reptiles
Posted inNews

A Little-Known Mass Extinction and the “Dawn of the Modern World”

by S. Norris 9 November 202027 October 2022

Volcanic eruptions in what is now western Canada may have triggered a million years of rain and a mass extinction that launched the reign of the dinosaurs.

Plot showing a time series of the sand content determined from two paleo sediment cores in Eastern Canada
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Abrupt Climate Shifts Change the Latitudes of Storm Activity

by J. Sprintall 2 November 202010 February 2023

A new 6500-year construction of storms combined with other paleo-storm records finds abrupt changes in the Atlantic Ocean circulation impact the latitudinal preference of storm activity.

Two scientists on the flat green tundra—one holds a drone aloft, and one writes in a notebook
Posted inNews

Drones Help Bridge the Gaps in Assessing Global Change

by Lesley Evans Ogden 27 August 202011 August 2022

New instruments in the research tool kit bolster scientific understanding of the ecology of a greening Arctic.

Aerial view of a small lake surrounded by forest
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Lasting Legacy of Phosphorus Buried in Lakes

by David Shultz 12 August 202026 January 2023

Research at an experimental lake suggests that phosphorus inputs from runoff may affect the health of aquatic ecosystems long after external additions of the nutrient are reduced.

A hilltop in the Crowsnest Forest Reserve, Alberta, Canada
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Canada’s Rocky Mountain Forests Are on the Move

by Mara Johnson-Groh 7 August 202011 December 2021

Using century-old surveying photos, scientists have mapped 100 years of change in the Canadian Rockies to document the climate-altered landscape.

View looking out a helicopter cockpit over remote eastern Alaska landscape
Posted inScience Updates

Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska

by A. Bender, R. Lease, J. V. Jones III and D. Kreiner 29 July 20206 December 2021

Fieldwork is revealing a history of landscape evolution over the past 5 million years that links climate change and river capture to critical mineral resources across the Alaska-Yukon border.

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