My research focuses on the recovery and analysis of paleoenvironmental records. These rich archives provide information on past climates, and allow a deeper understanding of how ecosystems respond to environmental change. Our projects incorporate both field and lab work to study lake and wetland sediment cores, using a variety of physical, geochemical and biological techniques. Past and present projects include:
•Reconstructing paleoclimatic changes for the past two millennia near Hall Beach, Nunavut, as part of an International Polar Year project
•Identifying "hotspots" of environmental change in aquatic ecosystems in the North Baffin Region of the Canadian Arctic, a collaboration with Parks Canada
•Quantifying paleohydrological change and carbon accumulation in wetlands of Ontario's Far North
