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Peering in on polar bears: WWF’s Wildlife Tracker has info for researchers (and fun for you)

June 10, 2025

Polar bears face unprecedented challenges as the climate crisis transforms their Arctic home. With sea ice melting earlier in the year and forming later in the season, polar bear monitoring helps researchers understand how... Read More

Polar bears face unprecedented challenges as the climate crisis transforms their Arctic home. With sea ice melting earlier in...
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Last Ice Area research reveals new vulnerability to Arctic warming

January 29, 2025

As sea ice continues to disappear, the Arctic is expected to be ice-free during the summer months by mid-century, except for one place. This exception, known as the Last Ice Area (LIA), is a... Read More

As sea ice continues to disappear, the Arctic is expected to be ice-free during the summer months by mid-century,...
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Canada must scale up funding to meet climate and nature targets, urge 22 leading environmental organizations

November 8, 2023

The Green Budget Coalition released fiscal recommendations for addressing the climate and biodiversity crises while strengthening Canada’s economy. Read More

The Green Budget Coalition released fiscal recommendations for addressing the climate and biodiversity crises while strengthening Canada’s economy.
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The climate crisis and the Arctic: Urgent action needed at COP29

November 15, 2024

By WWF Global Arctic Programme This year may be the hottest ever recorded, with extreme weather becoming more common worldwide — heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and storms are taking a heavy toll on people, economies, and... Read More

By WWF Global Arctic Programme This year may be the hottest ever recorded, with extreme weather becoming more common worldwide...
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How conservation efforts can withstand the test of time and a warming planet

September 26, 2024

Here's we can make habitats more resilient to flooding, wildfires and other impacts of climate change. Read More

Here's we can make habitats more resilient to flooding, wildfires and other impacts of climate change.
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Bowhead whale swimming just beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean

Getting to know the Arctic’s whales

July 22, 2024

When Arctic sea ice breaks up in spring, whales that winter in more southern areas — such as humpbacks, minkes and fins — migrate north to spend their summers there. Only three whale species... Read More

When Arctic sea ice breaks up in spring, whales that winter in more southern areas — such as humpbacks,...
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Why half a degree matters so much

May 7, 2024

Snow, ice and permafrost — defining characteristics of the Arctic — are vanishing at an alarming rate. Sea ice and glaciers are melting, snow cover is thinning, and the water table is changing. As... Read More

Snow, ice and permafrost — defining characteristics of the Arctic — are vanishing at an alarming rate. Sea ice...
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Act Locally: How to enjoy the benefits of native grasslands in your own backyard

May 1, 2024

Native grasslands can create habitat for at-risk species, capture carbon in the ground, and make local ecosystems more resilient to flooding and other effects of climate change. Shannon Stephens of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation... Read More

Native grasslands can create habitat for at-risk species, capture carbon in the ground, and make local ecosystems more resilient...
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2022 budget shows commitment to nature in fight against climate change: WWF-Canada

April 7, 2022

Canada’s 2022 federal budget arrives amid deafening calls for urgent and ambitious action to deal with the worsening biodiversity and climate crises. New funding for the protection and restoration of nature sends a clear... Read More

Canada’s 2022 federal budget arrives amid deafening calls for urgent and ambitious action to deal with the worsening biodiversity...
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Bay du Nord approval shows a lack of regard for sensitive marine ecosystems: WWF-Canada

April 6, 2022

WWF-Canada opposes the approval of Equinor’s Bay du Nord Development Project, an offshore oil and gas drilling site positioned in an ecologically sensitive and biologically significant area off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador,... Read More

WWF-Canada opposes the approval of Equinor’s Bay du Nord Development Project, an offshore oil and gas drilling site positioned...
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two men looking at a computer in the field

Using satellites and AI to help communities steward their carbon stocks

May 6, 2024

Nature sequesters and stores carbon in its plants and soils, so we know that protecting, managing and restoring these natural habitats helps us fight climate change. But it hasn’t always been easy to measure... Read More

Nature sequesters and stores carbon in its plants and soils, so we know that protecting, managing and restoring these...
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A lone Grizzly bear near the water dwarfed by surrounding trees and mountains

Calculating ecosystem carbon down to the tree level

May 3, 2024

We know that protecting, managing and restoring habitats (also referred to as Nature-based climate solutions, or NbCS) can help us fight climate change by reducing carbon in the atmosphere. But until we can measure... Read More

We know that protecting, managing and restoring habitats (also referred to as Nature-based climate solutions, or NbCS) can help...
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