As climate changes continue to affect permafrost regions through changing meteorology and permafrost thaw, knowledge of permafrost hydrology and hydrogeology interactions is rising in importance as it is increasingly required to address Northern Canadian needs and issues. A relatively nascent, but growing field of research, a major gap is that no comprehensive view exists of the relationships between permafrost and hydrogeology across Canada’s permafrost landscapes.  Consequently, it is difficult to extrapolate documented responses of these systems to climate change and other stressors.  In order to stimulate research concerning permafrost and hydrogeological interactions in Canada, the CGU Hydrology Section’s Committee on Permafrost – Hydrogeology Interactions is inviting papers that summarize research of 1) permafrost hydrological and hydrogeological processes and how these processes manifest in different permafrost landscapes; 2) how hydrology and hydrogeology regimes across different permafrost regimes respond to climate change and other stressors; 3) how this may impact water quality and contaminant transport; 4) innovative approaches to model permafrost – hydrogeological interactions; and 5) the application of research to address issues caused by changing northern permafrost.

Conveners: Peter Morse, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada; Elise Devoie, Queen’s University; Jeff McKenzie, McGill University; Mohamed Elshamy, University of Saskatchewan; Brendan Mulligan, Yukon Government; Christopher Spence, Environment and Climate Change Canada; Stephanie Wright, Queen’s University

2:00pm - 2:15pm    Climate Scenarios: Above Average Climate Change Forecasting
Presenter(s): Élise Devoie

2:15pm - 2:30pm    The role of rock glaciers in linking glacial streamflow with deep groundwater systems
Presenter(s): Bastien Charonnat

2:30pm - 2:45pm    Prediction of Soil Freezing Curve from Adsorption- and Capillarity-Induced Water Pressure
Presenter(s): Ning Lu

2:45pm - 3:00pm    Tombstone Waters Observatory: Unveiling hydrological and biogeochemical processes in permafrost underlain catchments
Presenter(s): Sean Carey

3:00pm - 3:15pm     High Arctic Climate Change Impacts on Active Zone Groundwater Dynamics
Presenter(s): Selsey Stribling

3:15pm - 3:30pm    Mountainous Aufeis Not Forming Anymore: What Does It Tell Us?
Presenter(s): Michel Baraer