Climate change is driving micro-algae blooms into High Arctic and may affect food chains, says study
Micro-algae blooms at the base of marine food chains are heading north at a rate of one degree of latitude
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First Canadian and Inuit-owned artifacts from Franklin wreck revealed to public
9 artifacts jointly owned by Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust were revealed to the world Tuesday. Nine artifacts from
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Canada to file submission for its continental shelf limits in Arctic Ocean in 2019
The federal government plans to file its submission on the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean
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Interview – Hair samples from Franklin expedition member show high lead levels
When Sir John Franklin left Britain with two ships and 129 sailors in 1845, it was to be an epic
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Canada’s Governor General heads north to spotlight Arctic science
Canada’s Governor General left for the northeastern territory of Nunavut on Thursday for a three-day trip to the Arctic. Julie
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Russian and American scientists team up to study Arctic Russia’s weakening sea ice
More than 50 oceanographic researchers are on board Russia’s polar research flagship Akademik Tryoshnikov as it makes its way towards
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New building to help boost cooperation for Arctic research center in Northern Norway
Arctic Council secretariat and Institute of Marine Research team up under the same roof as other key Norwegian Arctic science-
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Ottawa, Quebec announce $53-million for construction at northern research institute
Canada’s federal government, and the province of Quebec, have announced investments totalling $53-million towards construction at the Institut nordique du
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Shellfish poisoning becoming less predictable, say researchers in Alaskan Indigenous communities
Point Louisa is a common clamming spot for harvesters from the Tlingit and Haida tribes, as well as the Filipino
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Inuk woman ‘begging and pleading’ for help fighting tuberculosis in northern Canada
Bernice Clarke’s mother died in 2015. She was sick with tuberculosis and succumbed to complications resulting from treatment. Now, three
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Study in Northern Quebec to assess impact of climate change on Inuit’s food
A project aimed at examining the impacts of climate change on Inuit health embarked on its second leg this summer,
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River in northwestern Canada caused global cooling 13,000 years ago: study
A massive freshwater flood that caused a millennium-long global cooling event came from the Mackenzie River, according to a new
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Swedish icebreaker heading for North Pole to study melting sea ice
The icebreaker Oden will embark next week on an Arctic research expedition to study how clouds are formed there and
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How do insects survive the winter? Not the way we thought
A new study is revealing the science behind how some insects survive winters in harsh climates, and it goes against
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Arctic and Antarctic waters breed more new species than tropics: study
Think life is easier in the tropics? A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters,
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