Arctic Permafrost Atlas offers insights into the North’s changing landscape
A new atlas exploring everything about permafrost has been published this month, something those behind the project hope will give
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Environment (Canada)
Mackenzie Valley Highway environmental assessment back on after years-long pause
By Francis Tessier-Burns · CBC News Latest proposal for 281-kilometre highway in N.W.T. now before review board The Mackenzie Valley Highway is
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Kwanlin Dün First Nation reacts to UN report on climate funding
‘They say, First Nations are going to help lead us … But do they put that into their practice?’ The
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Leaders and residents calling for public inquiry into N.W.T. wildfire response
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News People want answers and change after an unprecedented fire season Calls for an inquiry into the
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Ice surviving Arctic summer hits low, implications for traditional harvesting, shipping
6 per cent of northern route through Northwest Passage covered in ice in late August A full-time harvester in Ulukhaktok,
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Environmental assessment: Yellowknife polytechnic site could move out of Tin Can Hill
Concerns around the proposed site for the polytechnic university campus in Yellowknife aren’t going away. “There are real practical concerns
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Empowering youth key to climate adaptation in North, global conference hears
The Arctic is warming two to four times faster than the rest of the world, but northern communities are already
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Effects of 2023 N.W.T. wildfire smoke will take years to study
By Rachel Maclean · CBC News As air quality improves, the focus now moves to preparing for the future. As smoke lingered
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Small plane makes unexpected landing on Alaska Highway in the Yukon
Yukon’s highway rest stops see plenty of cars, trucks and RVs, but airplanes? Not so much. That’s why Adam Skrutkowski was
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Severe wildfires will have long-lasting impact on N.W.T.’s boreal forest
By Taylor Holmes · CBC News More than 4 million hectares of forest have burned in the N.W.T. during the 2023 wildfire
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New research reveals vulnerability of Arctic water networks to global warming
An international team, including experts from Canadian universities, has published new research shedding light on the vulnerability of Arctic water
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North on pace for hottest summer ever recorded; strong, gusting winds expected in southern N.W.T.
Several places in the North are on track to break records for the hottest summer ever recorded. Experts expected extreme
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Yellowknife re-entry paused as winds expected to ‘accelerate’ fires near highway
The re-entry of most essential workers into Yellowknife is being put on hold because high winds are expected to “accelerate”
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Smoky weather and favourable winds limit wildfire activity near Hay River
The wildfire threatening Hay River and Kátł’odeeche First Nation hasn’t moved any closer to the communities thanks to smokey weather,
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Heavy precipitation, glacier runoff forces trail closure in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq Park
Parks Canada has closed a popular hiking route in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq National Park amid concerns over heavy precipitation, glacier runoff,
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