What are you researching?: The Arctic is increasing in temperature faster than anywhere else globally and we need a better understanding of the natural release of methane, an important greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. My study region in the Western Canadian Arctic has 45,000 lakes, including deep permafrost thaw lakes, shallow lakes that flood annually, and lakes overlying known natural gas and oil fields. I’m working to quantify methane concentration and determine its sources to better understand greenhouse gas dynamics in the Arctic. We wanted to see how lake systems are now and how they could be potentially affected by changes in the future.