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Overview

Denis Lacelle is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and primarily works within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes Atmospheric Science as a major subfield, along with Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work extensively covers several key topics, including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment

Their recent publications demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach, bridging environmental sciences and medical research. Notable papers include:

  • "Immune Signatures of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A FondaMental Academic Centers of Expertise for Schizophrenia (FACE-SZ) Study" (2021), published in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open
  • "Icings and groundwater conditions in permafrost catchments of northwestern Canada" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Active layer and permafrost thermal regimes in the ice-free areas of Antarctica" (2023), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Overlap and Mutual Distinctions Between Clinical Recovery and Personal Recovery in People With Schizophrenia in a One-Year Study" (2021), published in Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "Improved prediction of the vertical distribution of ground ice in Arctic-Antarctic permafrost sediments" (2022), published in Communications Earth & Environment

Denis Lacelle has frequently published in journals such as Antarctic Science, Communications Earth & Environment, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Quaternary Research, and Arctic Science.

The scientist has collaborated with various co-authors multiple times. Frequent collaborators include:

  • David Fisher
  • Fabrice Berna
  • Wayne H. Pollard
  • Marjolaine Verret
  • Benoit Faucher

Best Publications

  • Increased precipitation drives mega slump development and destabilization of ice-rich permafrost terrain, northwestern Canada

    S.V. Kokelj;J. Tunnicliffe;D. Lacelle;T.C. Lantz

  • Thawing of massive ground ice in mega slumps drives increases in stream sediment and solute flux across a range of watershed scales

    S. V. Kokelj;D. Lacelle;T. C. Lantz;J. Tunnicliffe

  • Climate-driven thaw of permafrost preserved glacial landscapes, northwestern Canada

    Steven V. Kokelj;Trevor C. Lantz;Jon Tunnicliffe;Rebecca Segal

  • Climatic and geomorphic factors affecting contemporary (1950–2004) activity of retrogressive thaw slumps on the Aklavik Plateau, Richardson Mountains, NWT, Canada

    Denis Lacelle;Jean Bjornson;Bernard Lauriol

  • Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry valley, Antarctica.

    Jacqueline Goordial;Alfonso Davila;Denis Lacelle;Wayne Pollard

  • Distribution and growth of thaw slumps in the Richardson Mountains-Peel Plateau region, northwestern Canada

    Denis Lacelle;Alex Brooker;Robert H. Fraser;Steve V. Kokelj

  • High Arctic Holocene temperature record from the Agassiz ice cap and Greenland ice sheet evolution.

    Benoit S. Lecavalier;David A. Fisher;Glenn A. Milne;Bo M. Vinther

  • On the δ18O, δD and D-excess relations in meteoric precipitation and during equilibrium freezing: theoretical approach and field examples

    Denis Lacelle

  • Contemporary (1951–2001) Evolution of Lakes in the Old Crow Basin, Northern Yukon, Canada: Remote Sensing, Numerical Modeling, and Stable Isotope Analysis

    Sylvain Labrecque;Denis Lacelle;Claude R. Duguay;Bernard Lauriol

  • The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life

    Christopher P. McKay;Carol R. Stoker;Brian J. Glass;Arwen I. Davé

  • Permafrost Terrain Dynamics and Infrastructure Impacts Revealed by UAV Photogrammetry and Thermal Imaging

    Jurjen Van der Sluijs;Steven V. Kokelj;Robert H. Fraser;Jon Tunnicliffe

  • Impacts of hillslope thaw slumps on the geochemistry of permafrost catchments (Stony Creek watershed, NWT, Canada)

    Laura Malone;Denis Lacelle;Steve Kokelj;Ian D. Clark

  • Climate Sensitivity of High Arctic Permafrost Terrain Demonstrated by Widespread Ice-Wedge Thermokarst on Banks Island

    Robert H. Fraser;Steven V. Kokelj;Trevor C. Lantz;Morgan McFarlane-Winchester

  • Permafrost thaw and intense thermokarst activity decreases abundance of stream benthic macroinvertebrates

    Krista S. Chin;Jennifer Lento;Joseph M. Culp;Denis Lacelle

  • Segregated-intrusive ice of subglacial meltwater origin in retrogressive thaw flow headwalls, Richardson Mountains, NWT, Canada

    D Lacelle;J Bjornson;B Lauriol;I.D Clark

  • Mapping the Activity and Evolution of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps by Tasselled Cap Trend Analysis of a Landsat Satellite Image Stack

    Alexander Brooker;Robert H. Fraser;Ian Olthof;Steve V. Kokelj

  • Environmental setting, (micro)morphologies and stable C–O isotope composition of cold climate carbonate precipitates—a review and evaluation of their potential as paleoclimatic proxies

    Denis Lacelle

  • Nature and origin of a Pleistocene-age massive ground-ice body exposed in the Chapman Lake moraine Complex, central Yukon Territory, Canada

    Denis Lacelle;Bernard Lauriol;Ian D. Clark;Raphaelle Cardyn

  • Detecting Landscape Changes in High Latitude Environments Using Landsat Trend Analysis: 1. Visualization

    Robert H. Fraser;Ian Olthof;Steven V. Kokelj;Trevor C. Lantz

  • Evidence for Hesperian glaciation along the Martian dichotomy boundary.

    Alfonso F. Davila;Alberto G. Fairén;Chris R. Stokes;Thomas Platz

  • The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life

    C. P. McKay;C. R. Stoker;B. J. Glass;A. I. Dave

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian D. Clark
Ian D. Clark University of Ottawa
Wayne H. Pollard
Wayne H. Pollard McGill University
Alfonso F. Davila
Alfonso F. Davila Ames Research Center
David A. Fisher
David A. Fisher University of Ottawa
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Robert H. Fraser
Robert H. Fraser Natural Resources Canada
Philippe Huybrechts
Philippe Huybrechts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Glenn A. Milne
Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa
Lev Tarasov
Lev Tarasov Memorial University of Newfoundland
Claude R. Duguay
Claude R. Duguay University of Waterloo

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