Tag: caribou

Posts count: 40

A muskox looking into the camera

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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caribou eating grass

New maps reveal dramatic decline of an Arctic caribou migration range

By Janey Fugate, project manager for the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration For centuries, the migrations of massive herds of caribou defined the ecosystem and lifeways of Indigenous people across the vast Canadian Arctic.... Read More
By Janey Fugate, project manager for the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration For centuries, the migrations of massive herds...
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How mining claims are threatening land-use planning in Nunavut

Right now in Nunavut, a powerful process called mineral claim staking is quietly shaping the future of the territory’s lands and waters. More than just jargon, claim staking is one way the mining industry is inadvertently... Read More
Right now in Nunavut, a powerful process called mineral claim staking is quietly shaping the future of the territory’s...
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Hope and hurdles for the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds

By Tina Giroux-Robillard, Executive Director, Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board Whether you know them as etthén, tuktu, atihk or caribou, the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq barren-ground herds are central to life in northern Canada.... Read More
By Tina Giroux-Robillard, Executive Director, Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board Whether you know them as etthén, tuktu, atihk...
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Inuit fishing on an ice floe with a rainbow in the background

The power of traditional knowledge and technology in Nunavut

Nunavut is home to just over 36,000 Inuit. For centuries, Inuit have harvested Arctic char, caribou, beluga whales, ring seals and other species to support their economic, cultural and nutritional needs. But the numbers... Read More
Nunavut is home to just over 36,000 Inuit. For centuries, Inuit have harvested Arctic char, caribou, beluga whales, ring...
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Black-capped chickadee in snow with a pinecone

Creatures of the cold: How do Canadian wildlife thrive during winter?

All through the Canadian winter, wildlife survive — and even thrive — in cold temperatures, burrowing under cover of snow, traversing frozen tundra or foraging in the frigid forest. While we humans have to... Read More
All through the Canadian winter, wildlife survive — and even thrive — in cold temperatures, burrowing under cover of...
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