The influence of a lost society, the Sadlermiut, on the environment in the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Viehberg, Finn A., Medeiros, Andrew S., Plessen, Birgit, Wang, Xiaowa, Muir, Derek, Pienitz, Reinhard
• Other Authors: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, North Program of Crown-Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Northern Supplement grant, Universität Greifswald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Southampton Island; Native Point
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97631-7; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97631-7.pdf; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97631-7

Abstract High latitude freshwater ecosystems are sentinels of human activity and environmental change. The lakes and ponds that characterize Arctic landscapes have a low resilience to buffer variability in climate, especially with increasing global anthropogenic stressors in recent decades. Here, we...