Shifting Permafrost Landscapes: Research and Monitoring in the Western Arctic.

北极西部研究中心是奥罗拉研究所运营的三个区域研究中心之一，奥罗拉研究所是奥罗拉学院(西北地区的地区专上机构)的研究部。WARC位于西北地区西部北极地区的因努维克。该地区拥有最密集的北极社区，历史悠久的北部石油和天然气勘探基础设施，以及加拿大在富含冰层的永久冻土上建造的最长的公路网(登普斯特和因努维克至图克托亚克图克高速公路)。气候变暖和永久冻土融化正在造成前所未有的地貌变化，影响到水生生态系统和陆地基础设施。奥罗拉学院正在申请资金购买设备，以支持正在进行的项目，这些项目旨在改善和加强我们对景观动态和永久冻土环境变化以及对西北地区水生生态系统和基础设施的潜在影响的了解。奥罗拉学院将与北方地方决策者、当地从业者和在北方运营的行业密切合作，以制定和实施缓解计划和北方未来的设计创新。

The Western Arctic Research Centre (WARC) is one of three regional research centres operated by the Aurora Research Institute, the research division of Aurora College (the territorial post-secondary institution of the Northwest Territories). WARC is located in Inuvik, in the western Arctic region of the Northwest Territories. The region hosts the greatest density of Arctic communities, historic northern oil and gas exploration infrastructure, and the longest road network constructed on ice-rich permafrost in Canada (the Dempster and Inuvik-to-Tuktoyaktuk Highways). Climate warming and permafrost thaw are causing unprecedented landscape change, impacting aquatic ecosystems and terrestrial infrastructure. The Aurora College is requesting funds to purchase equipment to support ongoing programs, designed to improve and build on our understanding of landscape dynamics and change in permafrost environments and potential impacts on aquatic ecosystems and infrastructure in the Northwest Territories. The Aurora College will work closely with northern local decision makers, local practitioners, and industries who operate in the north, to develop and implement mitigation plans and future design innovation in the north.************