Climate Change Research program

The overarching goal of this project was to implement a distributed hydrological modelling system to support hydroelectric production in Yukon under current and changing climate conditions. Building from previous collaboration between YU and YEC,…

"Northern Canadian communities are at the forefront of climate change. Permafrost thaw is one of the major threats that they face. Many communities, particularly those within the discontinuous permafrost zone, have ground temperatures just…

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…

Throughout northern Canada, a variety of documents speaking to climate change adaptation have been published. These range from peer review articles over presentations, websites, and reports to online tools. This project represents an effort to tie…

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…

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…

"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…