PPS Arctic Canada
PPS Arctic Canada is part of an
international,
interdisciplinary consortium of
researchers
studying the effects of
climate change on position, structure, and consequences of change of
the treeline at Arctic sites around the globe. Karen Harper
(Canada) and Annika Hofgaard (Norway, PPS Arctic) are the lead
researchers.
News:
Winter 2010: Upcoming IPY
conference in Edmonton this November: "Understanding Circumpolar
Ecosystems in a Changing World Outcomes of the International Polar
Year" conference link
Spring 2009: An article on IPY research by PPS
Arctic collaborator Nancy Doubleday (from Ontario Planning Journal)
pdf
February 2009: Karen Harper lab research (Dalhousie University)
profiled in DalNews,
including a photo essay
December 2008: PPS
Arctic student Ryan Jameson (Memorial University, Hermanutz
Lab) wins
first place (Terrestrial) for his
poster at the ArcticChange 2008 conference in Quebec City.
Congratulations Ryan!
FEATURE: Labrador
Highlands Research Group (Memorial University) research page
Spring 2008:
Story
on PPS Arctic researcher Karen Harper
Arctic Change Conference, Quebec City,
December 2008
Research at PPS
1. What controls the position and
structure of treeline
2. What are the ecological and social consequences of changes in
the
position of treeline
PPS
Arctic Canada is: Present day processes, Past
changes, and Spatiotemporal
variability of
biotic, abiotic and socio-environmental conditions and resource
components
along and across the Arctic delimitation zone.
We conduct research on latitudinal and altitudinal
treeline. Around the globe, researchers from Canada,
Norway, Russia, the United States and Nepal are part
of PPS Arctic International.
A
document that provides an overview of the research, as well as
descriptions of research locations can be found here; a map of locations is here.
A
document containing the details of the schedule of our research and
communication can be found here.
A
page with photos from some of our research can be found here.
