Climate Change Arctic

• Northern premiers call on Ottawa to increase funding to help address climate change

  The premiers of Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories say the territories are warming up three to four times faster than the global average.

  Environment

  May 9, 2022
  
• Arctic sea ice at second lowest level in more than 40 years, scientists say

  Scientists say they believe the defining feature of life in northern waters could shrink even further before the melt season is over.

  Environment

  Sep 21, 2020
  
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• Canada likely to support move to ban heavy fuel use in Arctic

  Heavy fuel oil, or HFO, is considered a major spill risk and a source of black carbon, which hastens the melting of sea ice.

  Environment

  Feb 16, 2020
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• Arctic Report Card warns melting permafrost could accelerate climate change

  The Arctic Report Card presents a bleak glimpse into a future marked by dead seals, bald patches and a large bloom of algae roughly the size of California.

  Environment

  Dec 11, 2019
• Arctic to be ‘functionally ice-free’ in the next 50 years, study says

  When asked when or how long the sea ice in the Arctic would take to grow back, Thackeray responded with, "We don't have a scenario for re-growth."

  Environment

  Nov 26, 2019
• Scientists begin ambitious Arctic mission to sharpen climate change models

  The 140-million euro ($158 million) expedition into the ice will see 600 scientists from 19 countries, including Germany, the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China, work together in one of the most inhospitable regions of the planet.

  Science

  Sep 20, 2019
• As sea ice recedes, N.W.T. premier says more investment needed in Arctic ports

  "We rely a lot on ice roads. Their life span is getting shorter and shorter," he said.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2019
• Mission in the Arctic will trap scientists in ice to study climate change

  Scientists plan to sail the ship into the Arctic Ocean, anchor it to a large piece of sea ice and allow the water to freeze around them, effectively trapping themselves in the vast white mass that forms over the North Pole each winter.

  World

  Jul 3, 2019
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• From Norway to Nunavut: Arctic fox stuns scientists with 3,500-kilometre journey

  The researchers believe the Arctic fox’s journey is one of the longest ever recorded for the species.

  Science

  Jul 2, 2019