Fire-loving fungi are nature’s first responders after wildfire
Within weeks of a wildfire, an orange crust coats deadwood and the charred forest floor, creating an otherworldly landscape that
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Energy Transition: Canada’s Underground to the Rescue of Remote Communities
In the face of the climate emergency, the answer to our dependence on fossil fuels might just lie right beneath
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Hotter, drier summers causing wild berry declines in Gwich’in Settlement Area, new study finds
By Yumna Iftikhar When Annie Buckle was growing up in Aklavik, she said wild berries were so abundant that they
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Canada Focuses on the Arctic for Future Airborne Surveillance
The Government of Canada is stepping up efforts to protect its northern sovereignty by selecting Swedish company Saab as the
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Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard
By Reuters Bird flu has been detected in a dead polar bear in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, the first time
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Tariffs: $1.5M to Support Yukon Workers
The federal and territorial governments are injecting $1.5 million over three years to help the Yukon workforce adapt to global
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4 more sailors lost on doomed 1845 Arctic expedition identified
A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo say they have definitively identified the remains of four sailors belonging
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Great Northern Arts Festival organizers looking ahead after funding turned down
A major arts festival in Inuvik has been slowly coming back over the last few years, but organizers of the
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N.W.T. gov’t hopes for ‘rebound’ in spring water levels this year on Mackenzie River
By Yumna Iftikhar Heavy winter snowpack to the south could help bring the Mackenzie River closer to normal this summer
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Russian vessels have sought shelter in Norwegian fjords more than 230 times since 2022
The manoeuvres of Russian fishing vessels in northern Norwegian waters are blurring the line between seeking shelter from bad weather
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Cooking like it’s the “last meal”: inside Operation Nanook’s Cambridge Bay kitchen
In the extreme cold of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canadian Armed Forces personnel have been testing heavy artillery and doing ice
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Carney heads to Arctic war games as NATO flexes muscle in Norway
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Yellowknife on Thursday before heading to Norway and the United Kingdom for meetings
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Alaska Natives welcome new state limits to protect chum salmon
The Alaska Board of Fisheries is cutting chum salmon fishing by 30 per cent in southwest Alaska. Alaskan Native communities,
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Resource extraction projects, dwindling sea ice power Arctic shipping surge
Arctic ship traffic distances have doubled over the last 12 years as sea ice continues to decline said a new
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Visibility isn’t enough, Arctic Indigenous women say authority must follow
TROMSO, Norway — While Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt’s high-profile defence of the island’s sovereignty reflects the rise of Indigenous women
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