Ledge Talks: Permafrost Thaw and Fire History
Channel: Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Date: 2016-12-14

Oliver Sonnentag presents his research on “Permafrost Thaw and Fire History: Implications of Boreal Tree Cover Changes on Regional Climates in the Taiga Plains, Northwest Territories”.

Oliver Sonnentag is an Assistant Professor in the Département de géographie at the Université de Montréal.  Using satellite remote sensing in combination with micrometeorological measures, he will discuss how rapidly changing permafrost conditions and fire history affect boreal forest cover, and how changes in boreal forest cover may affect regional climates across the Taiga Plains.