Paleolimnological reconstruction of the climatic variability of the Holocene in northeast Greenland

The proposed research project will use hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy, an emerging technology in the geosciences, to reconstruct Arctic climate from lake sediment cores at very high temporal resolution. Because the Arctic is warming more rapidly than other regions, and because other regions are affected by changes in the Arctic, knowledge of past Arctic conditions is important for understanding the global climate system. The information generated from Greenland will be compared with other studies in our lab from northern Canada to help understand future patterns of climate change around Canada, and to enable northern communities to predict and adapt to future changes in lake and sea ice as well as permafrost.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dermot Antoniades

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Partner:

University of Barcelona

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

Université Laval

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