Natural Resources Canada > Earth Sciences Sector > Priorities (2002-2006) > Reducing Canada's vulnerability to climate change
Project: Monitoring methods and assessment of carbon sequestration over Canada's landmass Activity: Assessment of biological carbon sequestration This information represents activities in the Earth Sciences Sector Programs (2002-2006). Please refer to Priorities for information on current Earth Sciences Sector Programs. More than 40% of the Canadian terrestrial ecosystems are classified as northern transitional forests and tundra, and they could be very sensitive to climate warming. To fill the present gap in the national carbon accounting, this study will focus on assessing the carbon sequestration potentials over these northern ecosystems. This research will improve the existing carbon budget model (InTEC) and using remote sensing information for the spatial modeling. Because of the strong linkages between carbon cycle and other ecosystem functions/structure (e.g., ecosystem spatial distribution, fire-permafrost degradation-vegetation structure-carbon cycle interactions, air pollution-ecosystem health-carbon cycle), this study will also contribute to the vulnerability assessment of Canada's ecosystems to climate change.
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Yu Zhang
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