You might not think of the Arctic as a place with a lot of trees, but a recent study says the Mackenzie River Delta in the N.W.T. is home to the world’s biggest known cumulative logjam — and it stores a huge amount of carbon.
“Everywhere you go, there’s driftwood,” said Roy Cockney Sr., an elder living in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., which is above both the Arctic Circle and the treeline. Cockney said the wood gives people in his community a source of heating fuel year round, and it’s sometimes used to build cabins too.
“It’s something that we like, when it piles up it’s good
