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- Forest Ecosystems: Keeping tabs on forest carbon
Pacific Forestry Centre: Carbon Accounting
As major exchangers of carbon dioxide, Canada's forests play a role in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Canadian Forest Service's... - Forest Disturbances: Focused on fungi
Pacific Forestry Centre: Herbarium
The vast majority of living organisms that cause forest diseases are fungi," says Dr. Brenda Callan, a mycology research scientist at the Pacific Forestry Centre... - Forest Disturbances: Alien invaders!
Pacific Forestry Centre: Alien Invasive Pathogens
Alien invasive pathogens are disease-causing microorganisms introduced to Canada. Pacific Forestry Centre research scientist Dr. Simon Shamoun uses DNA fingerprinting to diagnose invasive... - Wallpaper of the Month: January
2012-01-01 – Laser Shadow: Equipment on a laser table silhouetted on the wall by the glow of a red and a green pulse dye laser in this time exposure taken... - Forest Ecosystems: Dynamic dirt
Pacific Forestry Centre: Forest soils
Soil is super: it helps plants grow, recycles raw material, regulates water, provides a home for organisms and even modifies the atmosphere. At the... - Lab Support: Measuring up
Pacific Forestry Centre: Analytical Chemistry
At the Pacific Forestry Centre (PFC), the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (ACL) supports many researchers: PFC scientists and technicians, university experts and staff from other... - Photo essay: From the farm to the labOur photo essay shows how sending in a sample of your grain to the Harvest Sample Program helps the Grain Research Laboratory conduct important grain safety testing and research. Excerpts:...
- Arctic Vision: IPY Photo Exhibit
Encompassing nearly a quarter of the Arctic, Canada is a leading contributor to the fourth International Polar Year (IPY), an ambitious program of scientific research on the Arctic and Antarctic...
