Matching Articles"Environment" (Total 74)

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  • Ecoregions of Newfoundland
    A look at the the three ecozones of the island of Newfoundland: Southern Boreal, Middle Boreal and Northern Boreal.
  • Ecozones of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Newfoundland and Labrador can be divided into three ecozones: Artic Cordillera, Tiaga Shield, and Boreal Shield.
  • Extreme Climate Impacts
    Impacts of climate extremes such as prolonged ice accretion, abnormally cool, wet summers or snow deficient winters, heavy rainfall, etc.
  • Flood Risk Zones
    Flood risk zone maps have been prepared for sixteen communities in the province most prone to flooding.
  • Coastal Flooding
    Coastal Flooding--Natural Environment--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
  • Fresh Water Environment
    The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has ample fresh water, the source of which is abundant precipitation.
  • Other Geological Events
    How sinkholes and other geological events impacet Newfoundland and Labrador's environment.
  • Geological Hazards and Disasters
    Geological Hazards and Disasters Occurring in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Geological Landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador
    Earth scientists from all over the globe visit Newfoundland and Labrador to study some of the oldest rocks in the world.
  • Goose River West
    This ecoregion covers an area west of Lake Melville in southern Labrador.
  • Precontact and Historic Mining
    The first inhabitants of Newfoundland and Labrador - the Maritime Archaic Indians - quarried local stone as early as 7500 years ago.
  • Launching a Distinctly Newfoundland Book
    A glimpse into the career of James P. Howley (1847-1918), one of Newfoundland's most important geologists of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • Kingurutik/Fraser Rivers
    The Kingurutik/Fraser Rivers ecoregion takes in several other mountainous outcrops, including the Mealy Mountains, south of Lake Melville.
  • Lake Melville
    This ecoregion is located on the perimeter of Lake Melville. It has humid, cool summers and cold winters.
  • Ancient Uses of Ramah Chert
    Precontact cultures utilized stone for tool making. They appear to have preferred chert, a fine-grained stone composed mainly of silica.
  • Landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador
    The landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador has had a remarkable geological history, formed over many millions of years
  • Landslides
    Landslides are the downslope movement of unconsolidated material under the influence of gravity.
  • Long Range Mountains
    This ecoregion is divided into three separate upland areas, extending from the southwestern coast of Newfoundland to its Northern Peninsula.
  • Manuels Pyrophyllite Mine
    The Avalon Peninsula has a long history of mining activity. This includes a small mine near Manuels, Conception Bay, known as The Talc Mine.
  • Maritime Barrens
    The Maritime Barrens ecoregion extends westward across the southern half of the uplands of Newfoundland to the Long Range Mountains.

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