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Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
Science & Tech
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm share details of their “Hearts in the Ice” project and why they want to inject hope into the conversation about climate change
Wildlife
The naked truth about nudibranchs, in British Columbia and beyond
Exploration
An account of Enduring Ice, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2017 Expedition of the Year
Environment
From cutting back on travel to preparing vegetarian meals, the Live Net Zero families made a concerted effort to reduce the environmental footprint of their Thanksgiving celebrations
Environment
King tides are the tipping point at which storms can become devastation — as well as a glimpse of Canada’s coastline 100 years from now. Can green infrastructure help weather the danger?
Environment
Live Net Zero will follow five households from across the country this fall as they compete in bi-weekly challenges to lower their carbon emissions and spending on energy
Environment
Inuit food security and self-governance in a rapidly warming Arctic are at the centre of a new policy paper issued by the Inuit Circumpolar Council
Environment
How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
Wildlife
In the boreal forest, where secretive lynx depend on the snowshoe hare to survive, climate change threatens to upset this longstanding predator-prey relationship
Wildlife
Jo-Anne McArthur’s photo of a kangaroo and joey who survived the 2020 Australian bushfires is up for the 2021 People’s Choice Award in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
The number of polar bears living around southern Hudson Bay has dropped by nearly a fifth since 2011
Environment
Environment
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Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Exploration
Sunniva Sorby spent two winters living in total isolation on the Norwegian Arctic island of Svalbard to raise awareness of the massive impact climate change is having on our polar regions
Environment
The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
People & Culture
A century after the first woman was elected to the Canadian Parliament, one of the most prominent figures in present-day politics shares her thoughts on how to amplify diverse voices in the Commons
Environment
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s newest Explorer-in-Residence shares insights from her summers studying murres in the High Arctic — a region she calls an “early warning system” for climate change
Environment
Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences
Environment
They sustain us, enrich our lives and inspire us
Environment
The Alpine Club of Canada covers everything from wildfires to watermelon snow in its recently published annual report on Canada’s alpine environments
Environment
A new report by Alpine Club of Canada scientists and other experts highlights worrying trends in Canada’s mountain ecosystems
Interview: Dalee Sambo Dorough of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
02“Burning libraries:” The race to save Canada’s coastal archaeological sites before they’re washed away
03Six Canadians receive grants for projects to get youth active in nature
04Q&A: Arctic policy expert Adam Lajeunesse on the future of Canada’s north
Exploration
Two adventurers have extended their stay in isolation in Svalbard, Norway to continue gathering wildlife observations in the remote Arctic
Exploration
From sea ice to ocean currents, Svalbard has a unique yet fragile environment that may look very different as climate change shifts weather patterns
Environment
Because temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, we must look to the experiences of Inuit as a harbinger of what is to come — and seek their guidance on how to live sustainably
Environment
A study of more than 1,700 glaciers on northern Ellesmere Island found six per cent of ice coverage disappeared between 1999 and 2015
Wildlife
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
Science & Tech
Glaciologist Joseph Cook on the vibrant life in the Arctic ice sheet
Science & Tech
Data on Dorian highlights how advancements in satellite imaging are changing our understanding of severe weather events
Science & Tech
The newest generation of the successful RADARSAT program will see three small satellites orbit Earth in tandem to provide detailed environmental data to Canadian researchers and government departments
Science & Tech
Duncan will meet with climate change researchers and community leaders in Resolute, Nunavut
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Wildlife
Wildlife
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
Environment
I set out to create a historical documentation of the Arctic in musical form. In the process, I found myself developing a spiritual connection with the environment.
Science & Tech
A northern research expedition has been postponed until July due to unusually hazardous ice conditions
Environment
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
Environment
Experts say global reforestation is one of our best defences against climate change, so a Toronto-based company is developing drones that can get the job done quickly
Exploration
After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.
Environment
In an exclusive excperpt from his new book Commanding Hope, Thomas Homer-Dixon highlights four key stresses that inhibit society's collective sense of a promising future for our planet
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
Environment
The strategy calls for a coordinated climate policy in Inuit Nunangat and will receive $1-million from the federal government
Environment
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
Environment
Jocelyn Joe-Strack, a scientist and geographer from the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, is embarking on a tour of Canadian embassies in Europe to share Indigenous perspectives on climate change
Mapping
The Climate Atlas of Canada shows users what trends to expect in their communities as a result of climate change
Environment
Filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier and photographer Edward Burtynsky discuss their groundbreaking new work, The Anthropocene Project
Environment
The start of the Meghalayan age 4,200 years ago brought about climatic shifts that toppled empires
Environment
Cape Town narrowly avoided ‘Day Zero,’ but that doesn’t mean the city is resilient to future water shortages
Environment
New documentary Anote's Ark asks the disturbing question, "What if your country was swallowed by the sea?"
Exploration
In his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage, Canadian adventurer Kevin Vallely recounts his 2013 attempt to transit the famous Arctic route
Environment
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
Environment
Future ignitions may increase carbon emissions and accelerate the boreal forest’s northern expansion
Environment
University of Waterloo researchers want to see Canada develop a national flood risk strategy
Travel
Paul Colangelo shares images from his time exploring the North with the first Canadian to walk in space
Mapping
Researchers say protecting wilderness corridors will be essential to preserving biodiversity in the face of climate change
Environment
Other countries recognize that a healthy environment is a basic human right. A new documentary argues it’s time Canada did the same.
Environment
This week, the International Union of Geological Sciences will consider a proposal to add a new epoch to the geologic time scale — one that reflects the impact of human activity on Earth's natural systems
Wildlife
For the past 140 years, Fowler's toads have been slowly shortening their underground winter hibernation
Mapping
How a digital visualisation is showing islanders the future toll of climate change on their home
Science & Tech
A University of Maine marine biology graduate student whose preliminary research has shown that the growth of lobster larvae slows in warmer and more acidic waters will travel…
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