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Arctic Ocean acidifying up to four times faster than any other sea on Earth

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, September 30, 2022 at 10:28
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What may be the broadest and longest study to date has found Canada’s Arctic Ocean is growing more acidic up

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Election Spotlight—Health Care in Nunavik

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 12:18 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 11:20
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It was a crisis that made headlines across the country this summer—a health-care worker shortage so acute in Nunavik that

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‘Wow factor’: Public website reveals best-yet picture of hundreds of bird migrations

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 15:33
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The piercing yellow eyes and deadly hunting skills of the snowy owl awe bird lovers in the U.S. Midwest every

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Blog: Life on an Arctic farm, interrupted only by Norwegian jets

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 15:04
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This summer, I found myself on a farm in the Norwegian Arctic solely in charge of 16 horses, 12 goats,

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U.S. to name ambassador-at-large for Arctic region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 29, 2022 at 16:42 — Last Updated: Monday, August 29, 2022 at 16:50
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The United States plans to name an ambassador-at-large for the Arctic region, the State Department announced on Friday. It will

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Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11:10
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Surface warships, submarines and aviation are involved in waters from the Kola Peninsula to Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya.

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Blog: Shetland races to build a sub-Arctic spaceport

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, August 1, 2022 at 16:08
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On the United Kingdom’s northernmost island, the new space race is getting under way. AAs part of my lifelong odyssey

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Blog: Wildfires and ice – heatwaves put spotlight on the Arctic

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 15:14 — Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 16:52
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Rarely have I heard the Arctic being mentioned so often in the media as in this hottest of summers. I

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Thawing Arctic will reveal more mummified creatures, brings new risks

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 09:31
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By Laura McQuillan · CBC News  Millions of tonnes of carbon and methane, trapped in permafrost for thousands of years, could be

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Arctic warming four times faster than thought, says study

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 15:46
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Although it’s well known that climate change is having dramatic impacts on the North compared to elsewhere in the world,

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Blog: The US is using a mine in Greenland to counter China

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, June 27, 2022 at 15:48
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The U.S. has offered $657 million to develop the world’s northernmost mine in Greenland to counter China. Is it worth

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NORAD overhaul will replace aging radar stations in Arctic Canada

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 20, 2022 at 13:36
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Canada will spend $4.9 billion over the next six years to modernize continental defence, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Monday. Anand

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Inuit leaders welcome Canada, Denmark agreement on Arctic island

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 15:50
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Canada and Denmark put their longstanding Hans Island dispute to bed on Tuesday, signing an agreement to divide the small

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Seven western countries on Arctic Council to resume limited work in forum

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:16 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:25
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The seven western countries on the Arctic Council said Wednesday they will resume work together on some of the forum’s

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Decision-makers must close 50-year ‘action gap’ on climate, says report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 15:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 15:45
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Decision makers must close the 50 year ‘action gap’ on climate, say the authors of a report released in advance

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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