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Noise from human activities threatens narwhals in the Arctic, study finds

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, December 27, 2021 at 14:43
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Increasing human activity in the Arctic is threatening the survival of narwhals, according to a new study. Cruise ships, air

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Denmark/Greenland Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General Science 

Bizarre skull belongs to first known beluga-narwhal hybrid

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 11:18
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Modern DNA technology has confirmed a strange-looking whale skull with weird, twisted teeth collected by a hunter decades ago belongs

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Canada General News Science Science (Canada) 

Narwhals have survived 1 million years despite low genetic diversity: study

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11:52 — Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2019 at 12:08
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The narwhal has survived as a species for one million years, despite having low genetic diversity — a discovery that

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Effects on narwhal must be clarified before expanding iron ore mine in Arctic Canada

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 14:16
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The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to expand production at its iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, in Canada’s

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Narwhals pictured above in the Canadian Arctic. Their tusks can sell for several thousand dollars. (Kristin Laidre/NOAA/AP)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Conservation group calls for more research into effects of mine shipping noise on narwhal in Arctic Canada

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 16:28 — Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 16:31
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A Canadian conservation group says more research into the impact of vessel traffic on narwhal and other marine life is

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Which marine mammal is most vulnerable to Arctic vessels?

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 10:39
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As the open-water season becomes longer in the Arctic, little is known about how increasing vessel traffic affects marine mammals,

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(Kristin Laidre / NOAA / AP)
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Balancing science and aboriginal knowledge in Canada’s North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 07:14
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Narwhal is an important species in Canada’s North. To local Inuit communities it’s a source of food and sustenance and

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