Teacher Resource Centre

Climate Change

• Climate Change in National Parks
• Climate Change in Arctic Ecosystems

Climate Change in National Parks

• The Climate is Changing in Our National Parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/cc/index.asp
    
    
• Taking the lead against greenhouse gases in national parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page3.asp
    
    
• Unstable ground - Time for Nature, August 28, 2006
  • York Factory National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-08-28_e.asp
    
    
• Lessons from brook trout- Time for Nature, January 3, 2005
  • Kejimkujik National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-01-03_e.asp
    
    
• Kyoto and Beyond
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/natcul/ecolog_e.asp
    
    
• Facing the rising tides - Time for Nature, June 26, 2006
  • Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-06-26_e.asp
    
    
• Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Detailed description of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3c.aspx
    
    
• Tales of the Trees - Time for Nature, May 26, 2008
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-05-26_e.asp
    
    
• Satellite Images of Kluane
  • Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tour/19/index_e.php
    
    
• Change can be Challenging
  • Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/yt/kluane/natcul/natcul5.aspx
    
    
• Monitoring Ecological Health 2006: Climate change and spruce bark beetles
  • Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/yt/kluane/natcul/natcul3_e.asp
    
    
• Polar Bears and Climate Change in Western Hudson Bay
  • Wapusk National Park of Canada
  • http://web-dev/pn-np/mb/wapusk/images/Wap2008_V01N02_e.pdf
    
    
• Walking on Thin Ice - Polar Bears - Time for Nature, January 10, 2003
  • Wapusk National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2003/jan/index_e.asp
    
    
• The threat of global warming - Time for Nature, September 27, 2004
  • Wapusk National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-09-27_e.asp
    
    
• Amazing Adaptations: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=278
    
    
• Home S-s-sweet Home: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=279
    
    
• Humans In Nature: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=280

Climate Change in Arctic Ecosystems

• Climate Change in National Parks - Impacts on Arctic Parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/cc/repercussions-impacts1.aspx
    
    
• Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
  • Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2002/sec3/page5.aspx
    
    
• Weather and Permafrost Monitoring
  • Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic
  • Aulavik, Ivvavik and Tuktut Nogait National Parks of Canada
  • 2001: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2001/sec7.aspx
  • 2002: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2002/sec7.aspx
  • 2003: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2003/sec7.aspx
    
    
• Vegetation and Terrain Survey
  • 2002 Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2002/sec3/page1.aspx
    
    
• Measuring glaciers' retreat - Time for Nature, October 18, 2004
  • Auyuittuq National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-10-18_e.asp
    
    
• Competition from the South- Time for Nature, January 31, 2005
  • Sirmilik National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-01-31_e.asp
    
    
• Climate change drama - Time for Nature, January 15, 2007
  • Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2007/2007-01-15_e.asp
    
    
• Uncertain times for the Peary caribou - Time for Nature, January 21, 2008
  • Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-01-21_e.asp