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Passive water treatment technologies are increasingly being considered for mine site closure in the Yukon and efforts are currently underway to test, compare and contrast passive treatment technologies with conventional technologies. This study aims…

Heat transfer into the ground at highway culvert locations can lead to the thawing of permafrost, damaging infrastructure, shortening its lifespan, and increasing maintenance costs. The Dempster Highway in the northern Yukon experiences multiple…

The Dempster Highway is the only road connection to the western Arctic. Now connected with the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway, it is part of the infrastructure linking southern Canada with the Arctic Ocean. Extensive reconstruction of the Dempster…

Climate change is a significant challenge for northern communities, where the impacts of a warming climate are already having considerable effects (Huntington and Weller, 2005). Many people living in small, isolated communities in northern Yukon are…

The Alaska Highway between Burwash Landing and the Yukon/Alaska border is underlain by extensive discontinuous, warm and frequently ice-rich permafrost. The disturbance caused by construction of the road and climate warming has already led to the…

The 2015 survey was an attempt to visit a representative sample from all sub-populations of peregrine falcon known in the territory. The peregrine in the Yukon is thought of as a classic ‘metapopulation’ (McCullough, 1996). The groups, in part based…

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From the late 1950s to the present, several study plots across the Yukon have been variously surveyed annually for territorial Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus). Beginning in the mid-1970s, Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) breeding numbers in the same…

The Northern Climate ExChange, Memorial University and International Institute for Sustainable Development are studying the impacts of permafrost thaw on housing and community infrastructure in Arviat, Nunavut and Old Crow, Yukon

"This report is a cross-sector, structured, evidence-based assessment of Yukon climate change knowledge. Synthesizing our understanding is useful for researchers, decision makers, and the general public. Given the dynamic challenges and…

Surficial Geology, Ross River Region, Yukon Parts of NTS 105K/1 & 2 and 105F/15 & 16 1:25 000 scale

This project investigates contemporary landscape hazards related to permafrost degradation in Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay, Yukon. It also considers potential impacts of a changing climate on the local landscape. The work is accomplished by…

This work grew from concern expressed principally by elders of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, that the wetlands of the Crow Flats upon which generations have depended, are showing distressing changes. The thought was that, remembering several…

Yukon, Alaska and northern British Columbia depend heavily on road transportation to link communities and connect industrial activities to international markets. The Alaska Highway is the central transportation corridor in Yukon. It is crucial to…

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