Katie Hettinga, an ERG Masters Student, won first place for her presentation at the CRRC Days Conference

Katie Hettinga, a first year MSc student in ERG, won first place for her talk on “Non-growing season CO₂ emissions may offset a substantial fraction of growing season CO₂ uptake in Canadian peatlands” at the Cold Regions Research Centre Days Conference 2023. This project focuses on CO₂ dynamics in the winter, or non-growing season, across Canadian peatlands, how these dynamics function relative to the growing season, and what they mean for annual CO₂ budgets. Her next steps will identify the key environmental drivers behind these processes and how these will be impacted by climate change. 

Congratulations Katie!