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Tag: scientists

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Tracking narwhals

In mid-August 2011, representatives from WWF Canada worked with a 15-person field crew to fit satellite tags to a number of narwhals in the region of North Baffin Island, Canada. Read More
In mid-August 2011, representatives from WWF Canada worked with a 15-person field crew to fit satellite tags to a...
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Team NAFO

From a young age I've been well aware of the acronym "NAFO". Read More
From a young age I've been well aware of the acronym "NAFO".
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Fall Migrations and the National Energy Board Meeting in Inuvik

It’s fall in Inuvik. The Porcupine Caribou are crossing the Dempster highway. Canada Geese are beginning their flight south. Bowhead whales are travelling east from the Beaufort to Chukchi sea. And leaders... Read More
It’s fall in Inuvik. The Porcupine Caribou are crossing the Dempster highway. Canada Geese are beginning their flight...
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The evil partner of climate change: Ocean acidification

Coral reefs are in decline worldwide because of global warming, overfishing and other impacts. Ocean acidification, unless rapidly addressed, will kill them completely. The outlook is grim: tropical reefs globally may start dissolving as... Read More
Coral reefs are in decline worldwide because of global warming, overfishing and other impacts. Ocean acidification, unless rapidly addressed,...
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Remembering Marty Bergmann

On August 20, the Arctic conservation community lost an important friend and champion: Marty Bergmann, a leader and inspiration to many Arctic scientists lost his life on the First Air flight crash near Resolute... Read More
On August 20, the Arctic conservation community lost an important friend and champion: Marty Bergmann, a leader and inspiration...
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Lake Sturgeon: Fascinating Fish

They’re big, they’re ancient, and they’re one of the best measures of river health we have. That’s right: we’re talking about Lake Sturgeon. Read More
They’re big, they’re ancient, and they’re one of the best measures of river health we have. That’s right:...
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Global Tiger Day: WWF calls for an end to poaching

Silent as night - just a flash of orange and black in amongst the trees. Tigers are mysterious, majestic, and awe-inspiring creatures. As top predators, they depend on their habitat, and their... Read More
Silent as night - just a flash of orange and black in amongst the trees. Tigers are mysterious,...
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Students on Ice: Day 1 – Touching down in Iceland

I jerked awake in that way that only happens when you're propped up in the middle seat on a redeye flight. I had been dozing, but I wasn't sure for how long. All around... Read More
I jerked awake in that way that only happens when you're propped up in the middle seat on a...
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Our blue planet: looking backwards from space – and forward…..

As the Opel Project Earth expedition kicked-off in Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, my colleague Martin von Mirbach and I were deeply honored to spend an evening with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, the 14 Project Earth students,... Read More
As the Opel Project Earth expedition kicked-off in Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, my colleague Martin von Mirbach and I were...
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Students on Ice: The final countdown

It's an intensely hot July afternoon in Toronto, and I'm digging my mittens and long underwear out of the closet. Read More
It's an intensely hot July afternoon in Toronto, and I'm digging my mittens and long underwear out of the...
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