Climate change does ‘weird things’ to Canada’s Arctic glaciers: expert
Scientists studying how climate change affects Arctic glaciers are increasingly seeing some “weird things happening,” says a Canadian researcher. University
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Sustainable Arctic fishery monitoring gets powerful digital tool with Global Fishing Watch
Proponents of developing sustainable fishery in the Arctic got a powerful new tool today with the launch of the Global Fishing
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working
Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they
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Sir John Franklin’s long-lost HMS Terror found: The Guardian
HMS Terror, one of Sir John Franklin’s two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition, has been found in “in
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Scientists search Arctic waters for microplastics
Microplastics are tiny bits of plastic that are increasingly floating in oceans and lakes around the world, and scientists are
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Arsenic contamination persists in Yellowknife lake a decade after gold mine shut: study
A tiny subarctic lake near Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories still contains high levels of arsenic years after gold
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Defrosting Arctic releasing powerful greenhouse gas
Vast quantities of methane are locked in the frozen ground and sea beds of the Arctic, and the warmer it
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Canadian icebreaker sets sail to shore up elusive North Pole claim
A Canadian icebreaker is setting sail Friday to collect scientific information to support Canada’s submission on the extended continental shelf
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Canadian team to study, collect Arctic plants
Botanists from the Canadian Museum of Nature are travelling to Hudson Bay, near the community of Arviat, Nunavut on an
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Arctic science cooperation agreement ‘good for Canada’: POLAR
An agreement on enhancing scientific cooperation among circumpolar countries and others interested in polar research signed in Ottawa last week
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Arctic nations agree to more scientific cooperation
The future of scientific research in the Arctic got a big boost last week after representatives of all eight Arctic
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New record for sea ice loss in the Arctic
The latest data shows that Arctic sea ice has retreated again for the month of June, to reach the lowest
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Greening of Arctic, browning of boreal forest
Scientists and residents of Canada’s far north have been noting changes in the Arctic for many years: more plants, more shrubs
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Inuit hunters worry about toxic splash from Russian rocket
Despite assurances by Russian and Canadian authorities that a Russian rocket engine slated to fall in northern Baffin Bay this
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Swedish icebreaker to help Canada map Arctic shelf
Sweden’s largest icebreaker will be plowing through the frozen waters of the eastern Arctic Ocean later this summer in part
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