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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U.S. Coast Guard turns to Canada for help with designing its new heavy icebreaker
With growing concerns over its apparent “icebreaker gap” with Russia and an urgent need to replace its only operational heavy
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Finland to headquarter Europe’s new atmospheric research center
Finland will become the new headquarters of ACTRIS, the European Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure, the Finnish Meteorological
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Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers
Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern
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Ignoring Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge hurts Arctic science, G7 summit hears
Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge is too often excluded from scientific research in the North, something that could have serious implications
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Out-dated attitudes, deficient infrastructure, block Inuit from Arctic science, G7 summit hears
Inuit are ready to work with southern scientists on the big climate and scientific questions facing the planet, but need
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Finnish chemistry professor develops “revolutionary” biofuel
A professor at Turku’s Åbo Akademi and Sweden’s Umeå University says he has managed to develop a fuel based entirely
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Researchers identify ideal temperatures for Finns
The unseasonal warmth is on the lips of anyone who has lived in Finland long enough to realise that the
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Weak ice prompts Russia to launch mega research platform in Arctic
As vanishing Arctic ice makes it increasingly difficult to uphold research activities in the highest Arctic, Russia moves ahead with
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Mixing science with traditional knowledge, researchers hope to get seal oil on the menu in Alaska
There’s a traditional foods movement happening in Alaska. Dieticians, administrators, and others are trying to get more wild foods like
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Driverless buses hit the streets in Stockholm
For the first time in Scandinavia, a self-driving bus will mix with other traffic along a public road in Kista,
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