New research suggest some salmon species expanding their range in the Arctic
An Alaska-based project has found salmon spawning in the Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that climate change is pushing certain salmon
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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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Climate change brings cloudberry to Svalbard
After an exceptionally warm summer, ripe cloudberries are for the first time documented at 78° North. “I was surprised, I
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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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Beavers pose methane problem in the Arctic
Climate change is helping beavers colonize the Arctic, and those beavers are in turn causing more climate change. A study by
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Nuclear waste ship makes unprecedented port call at Novaya Zemlya
“I am deeply worried if Russia has started to move nuclear waste from the Kola Peninsula to the Arctic archipelago,”
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Livelihoods and nature at risk as Lapland warms quickly, irrevocably
According to the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), many species could disappear as temperatures rise over the next few decades. The
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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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Antarctic 2023 sea ice maximum hits record low since satellite data began
Maximum Antarctic sea ice extent hit a likely all-time low on September 10, setting a historic record since satellite data
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Ice-Blog: Climate ambition is not enough to tackle the ice emergency
It’s been a big week for climate, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets around the globe as UN
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Summer 2023 warmer than usual in Finnish Lapland
Finnish Lapland had a warmer summer than usual in 2023 with record warmth in some places in August. “In large
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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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Climate adaptation funding cut in budget in Sweden
Financing for climate adaptation to protect society from the worst effects of extreme weather has been reduced by a third
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Conservationists find more critically endangered Arctic fox cubs in Finnish Lapland
The new discovery brings the estimated number of Arctic fox cubs born in Finland over the summer to 25. Two
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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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