Wildfires could threaten Arctic caribou herd’s winter habitat: study
Caribou in northern Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory will lose winter habitat if the region’s long-term pattern of increased wildfires
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Researchers turn to satellite monitoring to count polar bear populations
For polar bears, iconic Arctic animals that are coping with diminished sea ice and a rapidly-changing habitat, population numbers are
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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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