Becky recently graduated from UVic with a degree in Biology and
Environmental Studies. She is interested in the ways that ecosystems respond to
disturbances like climate change and infrastructure development, and what
impacts these changes have on people. Over the past two years, she has been involved
with several projects, including 1) studying retrogressive thaw slump
distributions over differing geomorphic contexts and their rates of growth
since the 1950s (using satellite imagery, airphotos, and GIS); 2) studying
thaw slumps at a broader scale across the Western Arctic, in collaboration
with the Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (using SPOT imagery); 3)
collecting data for the Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program (CIMP) that
aims to monitor how various disturbed (drained lakes, seismic lines, sumps,
etc) and undisturbed sites change over time (summer fieldwork); and 4)
assisting Audrey Steedman with her investigation of ice wedge dynamics
(summer fieldwork). |