Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., resident renews call for sport hunting overabundant snow geese
Vernon Amos says the geese will ‘eat themselves out of house and home’ In the coming weeks, Vernon Amos says
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Environment
Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative gets $91.6 million from Ottawa
A project focused on reducing the environmental impacts of maritime transport will launch with $91.6 million from the federal government
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Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate change sparks disaster fears
By Mark Thiessen ‘Probably the single largest threat to the municipality of Anchorage,’ says fire chief in Alaska capital Research on
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Get ready for flooding just in case, Hay River tells its residents
Warm weather expected into the weekend The Town of Hay River is reminding residents to get ready for a flood
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Arctic ice algae highly polluted with microplastics, poses food chain threat: study
Arctic ice algae has been found to contain ten times more microplastics than surrounding sea water, something that could impact
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Finland sees spectacular Northern Lights show on Sunday, more promised on Monday
A recent series of solar flares has caused intense Northern Light activity over Finland. Fans of the Northern Lights phenomenon
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Antarctic sea ice lowest on record, continued glacier mass loss in Arctic: WMO report
The lowest Antarctic sea ice extent on record and glacier mass loss in parts of the Arctic are just two examples
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Mysterious spiral of light spotted in North caused by SpaceX rocket, physicist says
‘He was like, ‘You need to look at this, because I feel like I might be hallucinating.” A mysterious swirl
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Blog: Ice researchers among world’s most influential – a sign of the TIME(s)?
Climate change is impacting the frozen regions of our planet faster and more seriously than expected. The naming of two
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Exceptionally cold March in Arctic Finland
Finland’s Arctic Lapland region had an exceptionally cold March this year, in line with much of the rest of the
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Yukon gov says help available for Whitehorse landslides, but makes no firm commitment
Whitehorse says it needs tens of millions of dollars to address landslides permanently As landslides and road closures become the
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Whitehorse mayor says long-term solutions needed after weekend landslide
Expect more landslides this year, says geologist The mayor of Whitehorse says she’s concerned about more landslides along the escarpment by
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Canadian experts decry Alaska study on parasite afflicting Yukon River chinook salmon
‘Maybe this year isn’t a good year to be doing the study, when there’s no fish to study,’ says chief
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Inuvialuit elder, scientist describe the Arctic’s shrinking ice cover
Ice cover this year hit a maximum extent that’s smaller and came earlier than past average The condition of the
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Melting permafrost may release industrial pollutants at Arctic sites: study
There are thousands of contaminated sites in the Arctic, and as permafrost thaws, increased pollutants from these areas could be
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