Browsing by Subject "climate change"
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Addressing key conservation priorities in a data poor species
(2012-08-23)Conserving biodiversity is suggested to be one of the most important challenges being faced by the global community. The field of conservation biology has been developed to examine the threats that drive species to low ... -
Are we out to lunch? Are the dietary strategies we share on social media effective in mitigating climate change?
(2019-12-13)To mitigate climate change, it is necessary to shift global dietary patterns towards lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. How the public pursues this goal is important, and social media data offer an opportunity to assess ... -
Assessing climate-impact risk to Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) breeding sites in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2022-12-16)The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) is a shorebird assessed as 'Endangered' by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. They nest in coastal habitats and are vulnerable to climate change ... -
Assessing the current and future risk of ballast-sourced species invasions in Canada’s eastern Arctic under a climate change scenario. [graduate project].
(2016)The use of ballast water is an important and globally accepted method for maintaining vessel stability, as well as a major pathway for nonindigenous species (NIS) introduction. Canada has responded to this threat in the ... -
Assessing the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Surface Hydrology of Prince Edward Island
(2016-12-12)This study used the HBV hydrological model to assess the potential impact of climate change on five watersheds on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The model was successfully constructed and calibrated using a 2000 run Monte ... -
ASSESSING THE THEORETICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS FOR HIGHLY MIGRATORY PELAGIC SPECIES IN A CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF CONCEPTUAL AMBIGUITY & INCONSISTENCY
(2019-08-26)As a result of increasing human pressures and global climate change, many populations of migratory species are facing wide scale population declines. In response, biodiversity conservation efforts have been directed at ... -
BUILDING AN ARC IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: APPLYING PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE TO IMPROVE SINGLE-SPECIES CONSERVATION PLANNING IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE
(2017-12-14)Habitat loss and fragmentation have precipitated a mass extinction. Therefore, maintaining a functionally connected habitat network is an effective response to biodiversity loss. However, climate change poses challenges ... -
CHARACTERIZING PRESENT AND FUTURE NITRATE LOADING IN A GROUNDWATER-DOMINATED AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED OF A COASTAL LAGOON
(2024-04-05)Basin Head is a coastal lagoon in northeastern PEI, where Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) is conveyed from the agricultural watershed to the eutrophic lagoon via intertidal groundwater springs and groundwater-dominated tributaries. ... -
CLIMATE-CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SELECTED SPECIES IN THREE NATIONAL PARKS IN EASTERN CANADA
(2015-04-06)Canadian protected areas have been established with a premise of static distributions of different ecosystems, an assumption invalidated by climate change. In the Maritimes, there are few local case studies on how to ... -
A Comparison of Eight Country Plans for the Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish in the Wider Caribbean [graduate project].
(2016)The coastal Caribbean region is generally characterized by the following ecosystems: coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses, also including other environments, such as sandy beaches and rocky shores. These tropical ecosystems ... -
Conceptualizing impact in sustainability and the arts: Understanding the role of arts organizations through the case of CreativePEI
(2023-06-22)As humanity learns about mitigating and adapting to the worst effects of climate change, the inextricable link with culture becomes increasingly clear: in order for society to adopt pro-environmental and climate-positive ... -
Cosmogenic Nuclide Quantification of Paleo-fluvial Sedimentation Rates in Response to Climate Change
(2013-04-30)The magnitude of global sediment flux from streams to the oceans over the last 5 Ma is poorly quantified, yet important for predicting future fluxes and deciphering the relative control of tectonic uplift, climate change, ... -
Current and future wildfire risk in the peri-urban Acadian Forest Region
(2013-08-21)The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and the peri-urban has grown simultaneously, creating new Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where development comes into contact – and intermingles with – ... -
Earth’s Last Hour: Climate Crisis Defeatism and Green Anarchism in Jack Vance’s The Dying Earth
(2024-08-19)This thesis argues that the titular “science fantasy” setting in Jack Vance’s collection of interrelated stories, The Dying Earth, helps to illuminate the harms of the ideology of climate defeatism. In the text, “magical” ... -
Effects Of Climate Change On Wind Loading For Structural Design
(2021-03-25)Structural design requirements need to be updated to account for the projected increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme wind events due to climate change. This study investigates the effects of climate change ... -
Examining community adaptation readiness to climate change in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)The current rate of anthropogenic driven climate change is unprecedented and threatening the social, cultural and ecological characteristics of many Arctic communities. The Government of the Northwest Territories, Inuit ... -
EXPLORING DECADAL INCREASES IN THE CONCENTRATION OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER AND THE IMPACT ON SURFACE DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
(2023-04-13)Natural organic matter (NOM) is prevalent in surface waters and impacts all aspects of drinking water treatment. In recent decades, there have been reports of increasing NOM concentration (often referred to as brownification) ... -
The Genomic Basis and Spatial Scale of Variation in Thermal Responses of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
(2021-05-05)The thesis investigates the genomic basis and spatial scale of variation in thermal responses of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), with the over-arching aim of improving our understanding of plastic and evolutionary responses ... -
GLOBAL SCALE DRIVERS AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF THE TERRESTRIAL WATER BUDGET
(2015)Projected changes in the hydrological cycle have raised significant concern over future water availability and the sustainability of the world’s terrestrial ecosystems. In Chapter 2, I used a recently compiled dataset of ... -
Guardians of the Seascape: Considering the Next Era of Lighthouses in Rural Nova Scotia Communities
(2016-12-21)This thesis studies ways in which architecture and the coastal infrastructure of lighthouses can help preserve a relationship with the seascape, encouraging rural Nova Scotian communities to engage and respond to their ...