Canadian boreal woodlands and forests cover approximately 3.09× 106 km2, located within
a larger boreal zone characterized by cool summers and long cold winters. Warming since …

Owing to the rise in water demand and looming climate change, recent years have
witnessed much focus on global drought scenarios. As a natural hazard, drought is best …

The western United States is experiencing a severe multiyear drought that is unprecedented
in some hydroclimatic records. Using gridded drought reconstructions that cover most of the …

• The sustained rate of increase over the past century in the combined radiative forcing from
the three well-mixed greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous …

Studies warn that global warming and sea level rise will create hundreds of millions of
environmental refugees. While climate change will undoubtedly affect future migration …

Canada is usually considered to be a country with abundant freshwater, but in its western
prairie provinces (WPP), an area 1/5 the size of Europe, freshwater is scarce. European …

Extreme climate events such as aridity, drought, flood, cyclone and stormy rainfall are
expected to leave an impact on human society. They are also expected to generate …

Droughts are a major hazard to both natural and human-dominated environments and
those, especially of long duration and high intensity, can be highly damaging and leave long …

Lakes provide unique sentinels and integrators of events in their catchments and airsheds
and in the total landscapes in which they are embedded. A variety of physical, chemical, and …

John R. Vallentyne (1926-2007) began the eutrophication dialogue in the 1970s. He helped
establish new centres of freshwater research in Manitoba and Ontario, championed the …