The origin of trimlines associated with the so-called “lichen-free” areas in the Canadian Arctic has been attributed both to perennial snowfield expansion during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and to seasonally persistent snow cover in more recent times. Because of the disparate hypotheses (ecological versus paleoclimatic) regarding the formation of these trimlines, their use as a paleoclimatic indicator has been abandoned for more than two decades. We re-examine this debate and the validity of the opposing hypotheses in the light of new regional mapping of trimlines across the Queen Elizabeth Islands (QEI). The ecological hypothesis—insufficient duration of the growing season resulting from seasonally persistent snow cover—fails to account for t...
The northern Hudson Bay lowland includes the largest area of frozen peat plateau bog in Canada. Pola...
Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends ...
The number of Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) on the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadian High...
Since the discovery of dung-rich alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon in 1997, continuing multidisc...
Arctic wetland environments are sensitive to ongoing climate change as seen by the recent loss of la...
The growth of four white spruce (Picea glauca) clonal islands ranging in age from ca. 98 years to mo...
Rivers of the Mackenzie Basin exhibit several seasonal flow patterns that include the nival (snowmel...
Climatological investigations were conducted from 2001 to 2009 in the central Mealy Mountains, Labra...
Inspired by the groundbreaking investigation of ice patch archaeology in Yukon Territory, the author...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
The Arctic has warmed at twice the global average over recent decades, which has led to a reduction ...
Sediment cores from three lakes located in the northernmost region of Ungava, Québec (Canada) were e...
This short summary presents selected results of an ongoing investigation into the feedbacks that con...
Alpine ice patches are unique repositories of cryogenically preserved archaeological artefacts and b...
Permanent ice patches in the western Canadian Subarctic have been recently identified as sources of ...
The northern Hudson Bay lowland includes the largest area of frozen peat plateau bog in Canada. Pola...
Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends ...
The number of Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) on the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadian High...
Since the discovery of dung-rich alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon in 1997, continuing multidisc...
Arctic wetland environments are sensitive to ongoing climate change as seen by the recent loss of la...
The growth of four white spruce (Picea glauca) clonal islands ranging in age from ca. 98 years to mo...
Rivers of the Mackenzie Basin exhibit several seasonal flow patterns that include the nival (snowmel...
Climatological investigations were conducted from 2001 to 2009 in the central Mealy Mountains, Labra...
Inspired by the groundbreaking investigation of ice patch archaeology in Yukon Territory, the author...
Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant dec...
The Arctic has warmed at twice the global average over recent decades, which has led to a reduction ...
Sediment cores from three lakes located in the northernmost region of Ungava, Québec (Canada) were e...
This short summary presents selected results of an ongoing investigation into the feedbacks that con...
Alpine ice patches are unique repositories of cryogenically preserved archaeological artefacts and b...
Permanent ice patches in the western Canadian Subarctic have been recently identified as sources of ...
The northern Hudson Bay lowland includes the largest area of frozen peat plateau bog in Canada. Pola...
Balsam poplar is the northernmost tree species in North America, with a reported range that extends ...
The number of Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) on the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadian High...