Variable names for chamber-based measuremnets to assist in separation of fluxes measured with eddy covariance and chambers when possible, to aid in data compilation.
Since the Industrial Revolution, human activities have released significant amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide and methane, driving climate change. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is responsible for about 25 per cent of the global warming we experience today. Although methane remains in the atmosphere for about a decade, it has a global warming potential 29.8 times greater than carbon dioxide over 100 years. In the near future however, it will be 82.5 times more potent than carbon dioxide over 20 years due to its short lifetime. This makes reducing methane emissions a highly effective strategy for mitigating climate change.
In Canada, policies have been implemented to reduce methane emissions from human activities, but setting meaningful reduction targets requires accurate estimates of current emissions. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) publishes annual National Inventory Reports (NIR) detailing greenhouse gas emissions, including methane, by sector and region. However, these reports lack a critical piece of information: a detailed map of methane emissions across the country.
Big changes are happening in Canada's Arctic region because of climate change. The ground that used to be permanently frozen (called permafrost) is thawing at an increasing rate. This accelerated thaw has significant consequences for the landscape, affecting the stability of infrastructure and the functioning of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The latter includes changing the movement of water and carbon between the land and the atmosphere, with global implications.
Can-Peat is pleased to welcome Dr. Iqra Naeem who will be joining us as project manager on August 5, 2024 to cover Kim Kleinke's maternity leave.
This year’s CGU meeting was held jointly with the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and provided an exciting opportunity for Can-Peat participants to share first results of their research.
Following this year's success, the public Peatland Science Symposium jointly held with PERG will return on Feb. 19, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta followed by the Can-Peat annual meeting Feb. 20-21.
Can-Peat is divided into activities to achieve our 5 project goals. 11 out of 16 research activities are now underway. Visit our activity page to learn more about our research efforts and meet our dedicated graduate students and postdocs.
This year's annual meeting built on the main themes of the project discussed at our 2023 Kickoff such as Indigenous engagement and data sovereignty and accessibility. We also met with our advisory committees to discuss the project's direction and progress.
Drs. Rezanezhad and Van Cappellen of Can-Peat have published a paper in Geoderma on synthesis data analysis investigating the spatial distribution pattern of temperature sensitivity (Q10) of peat respiration and its correlation with climate conditions, soil properties, and hydrology.
Can-Peat is excited to announce our annual meeting on February 20-22 in Quebec City. Although the main meeting is for members only, we are hosting a public Peatland Science Symposium jointly with the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG). Additionally, the outcomes will be shared in the next newsletter so stay tuned!