This information represents activities in the Earth Sciences Sector Programs (2002-2006). Please refer to
Priorities for information on current Earth Sciences Sector Programs.
Canada's land and coastal regions encompass a wide range of ecosystems: from temperate woodlands in southeast
to barren lands in the north and at high altitudes, and from coastal rainforest in the West to prairie
grasslands and eastern forests. Climate variability and change is exected to strongly affect the ways these
ecosystems process carbon and water and how they respond to climate.
