Long-term changes to wind and sea ice influencing Antarctic waters
Wind and sea-ice changes in Antarctica are having a profound influence on south pole waters, something that could have implications
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Environment
Fire bans in force across large parts of Sweden
The risk of wildfires is now high, very high or extremely high across nearly all of Sweden. Hot weather and
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Salmon are dying in dried-up river beds in northern Yukon
‘What we have been seeing … is that dewatered area was much, much, much larger than it had been in
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4000 sq km burned near Sambaa K’e. What does that mean for fish?
As other communities have seen, wildfires can bring big and small changes After a wildfire tore through the forest around
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Feds say Agnico Eagle has failed to protect caribou at Nunavut gold mine as promised
Company ordered to comply with its permits to operate, or face penalties The federal government says Agnico Eagle Mines is not
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North America’s first known case of a rabid moose confirmed in western Alaska
A moose in western Alaska has tested positive for rabies in the first apparent case of a rabid moose in
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Blog: COP28 Countdown—Bonn UN climate talks try to smooth rocky path to Dubai
The thermometer on the UNFCCC building here in Bonn is showing high summer temperatures early in the season, as the
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Efforts to heal hole in ozone layer also helped Arctic sea ice, study suggests
Without Montreal Protocol, Arctic polar cap would be almost 1 degree warmer by 2050 An international policy struck decades ago
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Sambaa K’e burn could fit Yellowknife 24 times, part of ‘alarming’ wildfire season
With months still to go in this fire season, N.W.T. well on way to hitting 10-year average for area burned
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires forecast to reach Norway
Norwegian officials said the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped parts of the U.S. and Canada in a thick
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Arctic could be ice-free as early as 2030s says study
New modeling suggests that even under a low emissions scenario, the Arctic could experience ice-free Septembers as early as the
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Record-breaking heat in N.W.T., Nunavut, has “scary” implications for land users
Délı̨nę, N.W.T. hunters cautioned from hunting on Great Bear Lake in May There are two words being used to describe
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Iceland moving ahead on better ways to manage tourism & safeguard protected areas
Iceland is examining ways to better manage the country’s projected areas, including highly touristed sites, and will focus on infrastructure
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Antarctic changes could become tipping points with global implications, says report
Global warming is inciting dramatic changes in Antarctica, with potential for “irreversible and self-sustaining changes” to the continent’s ice sheet,
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Western Lapland chilled by Finland’s coldest-ever June temperature
The municipality of Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland started summer with sub-zero temperatures. A weather station near Lapland’s Saana fell recorded
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