Snow print DNA analysis allows for innovative monitoring of polar bears
A team of researchers at the University of Idaho have found a way to scrape DNA from polar bear snow
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Environment
Climate change puts Arctic cod stocks under threat
Rising temperatures are an increasing threat to Arctic cod and could have a major impact on the distribution of the
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Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach
Low on data or power? Read a low-bandwidth version of this story here. For more stories, see our CBC North news website. Minister
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Northwest Territories evacuees relive their journeys out of wildfire danger
‘Being evacuated two times in 24 hours is nothing like I have ever experienced’ After two evacuations and hundreds of
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Greatest number of hot days in July measured in Lapland
July statistics from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) revealed that Kevo, Utsjoki in Lapland experienced the highest count of hot
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Wildfire threat to Yellowknife deemed serious as parts of city on evacuation alert
By Luke Carroll, Liny Lamberink · CBC News Evacuation alert issued for Kam Lake, Grace Lake and the Engle Business District in Yellowknife
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Enterprise, N.W.T., ’90 per cent gone’ after wildfire ravages community
What you need to know about the N.W.T. wildfires: Evacuation orders issued for communities of Hay River, Kátł’odeeche First Nation,
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Local state of emergency declared for Yellowknife
The City of Yellowknife has declared a local state of emergency due to a wildfire burning between Behchokǫ and Yellowknife.
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Wildfire breach of control lines east of Yellowknife now ‘significant’
Fire officials in the N.W.T. are expecting “serious challenges” Monday battling the wildfires near Yellowknife, with strong winds expected to
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Wildfire burns structures south of Hay River, N.W.T., through Enterprise
The Town of Hay River says wildfires have burned property and structures in the area of Paradise Gardens south through
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Indigenous leaders divided over ANWR court ruling
The U.S. District Court ruling upholding the Biden administration’s pause on oil and gas activities in an area of Alaska’s
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Cabins near Duncan Lake, N.W.T., at risk with wildfire burning nearby
The fire has been burning since June 29 and 1 cabin was lost ‘several weeks ago’ N.W.T. Fire says “numerous”
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Study warns of increasing extreme events in Antarctica
The frequency and intensity of extreme events like ice loss and ocean heatwaves in Antarctica are expected to become more
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Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe
By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press Glacial dam burst in Juneau, swelling levels of Mendenhall River to an unprecedented degree
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Norway outlines powerful electrification of its North
Major investments in renewables, new power lines and emission cuts are to set stage for an industrial revival of the
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