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David Risk

ResearcherEarth SciencesSt. Francis Xavier University

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David Risk

Researcher

Earth Sciences

St. Francis Xavier University

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (12 NSERC), most recently in 2021.

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Research

atmospheric transport emissions energy inventory measurement methodologies methane oil and gas satellite

Latest papers

Estimating methane emissions from Canadian landfills using aircraft measurements.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · senior author
Methane emissions from inactive oil and gas wells in Western Canada.
Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026 · senior author
Expanding the tracer correlation method (TCM): A performance-based framework for wider implementation in landfill methane emissions monitoring.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Development of hyperspectral imaging platforms for quantifying methane emissions from managed wetlands, landfills, and the upstream oil and gas industry
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$616,000
Developing regional-scale measurement of fugitive and vented methane from oil and gas, and increasing comparability of Canadian inventory estimates
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$765,221
Natural Gas Leak Detection Surveys
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 14 grants and awards

13 publications.

Estimating methane emissions from Canadian landfills using aircraft measurements.

Fougère C, Ghasemi D, Khaleghi A, Coyle L, Bourlon E, Li H, Smith M, Lavoie M, Risk D

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115615 PMID: 42208340

Methane emissions from inactive oil and gas wells in Western Canada.

Lavoie M, Perine G, Risk D

Environmental monitoring and assessment2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10661-026-15309-x PMID: 41942790

Expanding the tracer correlation method (TCM): A performance-based framework for wider implementation in landfill methane emissions monitoring.

Abichou T, Arkian F, Howarth E, Malmir T, Hossain RI, Buntov P, Dudak Y, Risk D

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115405 PMID: 41690139

Most landfill methane emissions Escape detection in EPA21 surface emission monitoring surveys.

Omidi A, Bourlon E, Khaleghi A, Tarakki N, Martino R, Stuart J, Risk D

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115104 PMID: 40915026

Sociodemographic and Population Exposure to Upstream Oil and Gas Operations in Canada.

Lavoie M, Risk D, Rainham D

International journal of environmental research and public health2024

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21121692 PMID: 39767531

Sweet and sour: A quantitative analysis of methane emissions in contrasting Alberta, Canada, heavy oil developments.

Lavoie M, Baillie J, Bourlon E, O'Connell E, MacKay K, Boelens I, Risk D

The Science of the total environment2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150836 PMID: 34627914

Methane emissions from upstream oil and gas production in Canada are underestimated.

MacKay K, Lavoie M, Bourlon E, Atherton E, O'Connell E, Baillie J, Fougère C, Risk D

Scientific reports2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87610-3 PMID: 33850238

Occurrence and origin of groundwater methane in the Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Taylor KA, Risk D, Williams JP, Wach GD, Sherwood OA

The Science of the total environment2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141888 PMID: 32911143

Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region.

Natali SM, Watts JD, Rogers BM, Potter S, Ludwig SM, Selbmann AK, Sullivan PF, Abbott BW, Arndt KA, Birch L, Björkman MP, Bloom AA, Celis G, Christensen TR, Christiansen CT, Commane R, Cooper EJ, Crill P, Czimczik C, Davydov S, Du J, Egan JE, Elberling B, Euskirchen ES, Friborg T, Genet H, Göckede M, Goodrich JP, Grogan P, Helbig M, Jafarov EE, Jastrow JD, Kalhori AAM, Kim Y, Kimball J, Kutzbach L, Lara MJ, Larsen KS, Lee BY, Liu Z, Loranty MM, Lund M, Lupascu M, Madani N, Malhotra A, Matamala R, McFarland J, McGuire AD, Michelsen A, Minions C, Oechel WC, Olefeldt D, Parmentier FW, Pirk N, Poulter B, Quinton W, Rezanezhad F, Risk D, Sachs T, Schaefer K, Schmidt NM, Schuur EAG, Semenchuk PR, Shaver G, Sonnentag O, Starr G, Treat CC, Waldrop MP, Wang Y, Welker J, Wille C, Xu X, Zhang Z, Zhuang Q, Zona D

Nature climate change2019

DOI: 10.1038/s41558-019-0592-8 PMID: 35069807

Methane emissions from abandoned coal and oil and gas developments in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Williams JP, Risk D, Marshall A, Nickerson N, Martell A, Creelman C, Grace M, Wach G

Environmental monitoring and assessment2019

DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7602-1 PMID: 31267345

Development of hyperspectral imaging platforms for quantifying methane emissions from managed wetlands, landfills, and the upstream oil and gas industry

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Daun, Kyle KJ

Keywords: anthropogenic methane emission; bottom-up inventory; climate change; hyperspectral imaging; landfills; managed wetlands; oil and gas; remote sensing; spectroscopy; uncertainty quantification

$616,000

Developing regional-scale measurement of fugitive and vented methane from oil and gas, and increasing comparability of Canadian inventory estimates

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Risk, David A

Keywords: atmospheric transport; emissions; energy; inventory; measurement methodologies; methane; oil and gas; satellite; sensors; validation

$765,221