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Eating grass, slowing climate change: Caribou and muskoxen shape the past and future Arctic

By Jeff Kerby, Geographer and Landscape Ecologist, University of Cambridge and Dartmouth College In the rapidly warming Arctic, grasslands are shrinking and shrubs are spreading, speeding up permafrost thaw and global climate warming. Some researchers... Read More
By Jeff Kerby, Geographer and Landscape Ecologist, University of Cambridge and Dartmouth College In the rapidly warming Arctic, grasslands...
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Protecting the pristine Kitikmeot region

Located in western Nunavut, the Kitikmeot region is home to many species, from narwhal and polar bear to beluga whale and caribou. It’s also home to around 6,500 residents, most of whom are Inuit,... Read More
Located in western Nunavut, the Kitikmeot region is home to many species, from narwhal and polar bear to beluga...
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Bringing whale superhighways to life

In the Arctic, connectivity is not an abstract idea — it’s alive in the movement of whales. Grey whales and humpbacks travel thousands of kilometres between Arctic feeding grounds and distant tropical or temperate... Read More
In the Arctic, connectivity is not an abstract idea — it’s alive in the movement of whales. Grey whales...
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Polar bear on ice floe edge

How polar bear conservation can influence marine life

Protecting polar bears could help safeguard a much wider web of Arctic marine life. According to new research led by the University of Alberta in Canada, polar bears can act as an “umbrella species,”... Read More
Protecting polar bears could help safeguard a much wider web of Arctic marine life. According to new research led...
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Arctic Ocean louder and more varied than thought

New research is challenging long held assumptions about how quiet the Arctic Ocean really is. A study published in npj Acoustics analyzed nearly a decade of underwater recordings from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. It found... Read More
New research is challenging long held assumptions about how quiet the Arctic Ocean really is. A study published in...
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A walrus fitted with a satellite tracking tag

Studying how shipping noise affects walruses in Nunavut

Guest article by Cory Matthews, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Arctic Fisheries and Marine Mammal Science Division Foxe Basin, Nunavut is home to some of Canada’s largest groups of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus... Read More
Guest article by Cory Matthews, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Arctic Fisheries and Marine Mammal Science Division Foxe...
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Turtles swimming over bleached coral reef

What underwater heat waves mean for the Great Barrier Reef

Australia is feeling the brunt of climate change. From more frequent and severe droughts and bushfires to cyclones and floods, climate change is impacting the country’s people, ecosystems and economy in profound ways. Not... Read More
Australia is feeling the brunt of climate change. From more frequent and severe droughts and bushfires to cyclones and...
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Polar bear on ice floe edge

How the High Seas Treaty could protect the Central Arctic Ocean

By WWF Global Arctic Programme In a world where sea ice is quickly becoming a scarcity, the Central Arctic Ocean is vital for supporting ice-dependent Arctic life. With the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)... Read More
By WWF Global Arctic Programme In a world where sea ice is quickly becoming a scarcity, the Central Arctic...
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