Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Baijnath‐rodino, J. A., Albizua, Amaia, Sushama, M., Bennet, E., Robinson, B. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Water (Switzerland) 2021
• Subjects: Adaptive capacity; Exposure; Lake‐induced precipitation; Livelihood vulnerability; Sensitivity; Snowstorms; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Canada; Fort Resolution
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10810/62252; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131816

As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the...