Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that changes into various chemical forms through geochemical processes. It is an element that occurs naturally in the environment but with industrialization, humans have altered its cycle by adding more mercury in the water, air, and soil.
Project title: Irregular flow of surge-type glaciers
White Glacier is a 14 km long alpine glacier located on Axel Heiberg Island in the northwest part of Nunavut.
Higher than normal summer temperatures over the past few decades have resulted in increased melt of glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic, particularly since 2005. In order to better understand past and future changes of glaciers in the southern Canadian Arctic, the Geological Survey of Canada, Parks Canada and University of Ottawa have been studying Penny Ice Cap on southern Baffin Island since 2007. It is the largest ice mass in the southern Canadian Arctic, covering ~6400 km2.
ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᒥᔨᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᓄᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᐊᕆᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓗ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᖃᑎᒌᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᓯᓈᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᑕ.
ᐅᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᓯᑭᖓᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᓯᑯᓄᑦ, ᐊᐳᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᖓ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᓯᑯᓕᒻᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᒥ.
ᑐᕌᒐᖅ ᑖᑦᓱᒧᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᑦᓴᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᓯᑯᓂᒃ, ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓂᒃ.
ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᑲᐃᓪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᔪᑦ. ᓲᕐᓗ, ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᓗᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᑯᐃᕈᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᐅᕙᑦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑐᕐᖏᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᓗᐊᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ.
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ.
ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᓯᕗᕙᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒍᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.