Tag: Canada

Under Arctic Ice: Watch the Video

by | 5.24.2012 at 11:29am
Twin Otter, Arctic Switchyard

The video depicts the activities of the LDEO Switchyard field team, which deploys annually and uses ski-equipped aircraft to reach a series of sample sites between the North Pole and Ellesmere Island in Canada.

Can Canadian Water Slake America’s Need for Power?

by | 9.23.2011 at 12:15pm
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir, Quebec, Canada. NASA image

At a time when the world is abuzz with talk of reducing carbon dioxide emissions to stem the tide of climate change, Canada’s surfeit of hydropower production appears an attractive option to people south of the border who still rely on fossil fuel-generated electricity.

Canadian Boreal: Protecting Today’s Water for Tomorrow

by | 8.5.2011 at 10:40am | 2 Comments
HDRI photograph of sunset on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 2008. Photo by Non-dropframe via WikiCommons

Canada’s Boreal forest is far from the public eye, but it contains 25 percent of the world’s wetlands.