NASA surveys giving detailed pictures of changing North American Arctic
A new paper from NASA’s Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment is offering insights into the evolution of wildfire activity, thawing permafrost, and
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Mackenzie Delta
Springtime hunting starts for families in Mackenzie Delta
Every spring for over two decades, Gail Ann Raddi has brought her family out fishing. She said it’s a great
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Arctic’s beluga whale harvest challenged on multiple fronts in Canada
The beluga whale harvest out of Aklavik, in the Northwest Territories, is down but not out. From a high of
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Canadian research reveals new clue to rapid Arctic ice melt
A new study of the Arctic’s vast Mackenzie river delta has discovered that an unexpected aspect of climate change is
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Canada eyes Arctic reindeer reserve for oil and gas
Tracts of land that had been set aside for reindeer grazing in Canada’s North have instead been offered up by
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Drilling waste thawing and leaching into lakes in Canada’s Far North
They are called “sumps”. They are basically huge pits dug into the permafrost near the sites of exploratory oil and
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