A satellite image from Aug. 22 shows sea ice persisting in parts of the Northwest Passage. (Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview)
Environment
But the extent still shows a clear downward trend — and there are other troubling signs, such as near-record thinness and the loss of much multi-year ice
Arctic sea ice usually reaches its lowest extent for the year in September, and this year, it appears increasingly likely that impending will be well above the extent measured in most recent years.
Full Story
Environment
‘Often I will go outside and there’s a bear on the porch or underneath the stairs,’ says Pauloosie Keyootak
Environment
Cabin owners can get $5,000 and homeowners up to $30,000 to install solar or wind systems
Environment
Investigation continues into cause of tractor-trailer rollover
Environment
Spill caused by roll-over of tractor-trailer hasn’t entered freshwater, company says
Environment
Ashley Cummings to speak at Climate Justice World Forum
Environment
We didn’t know until we got home that we had discovered what now seems to be the northernmost island on Earth
Environment
Environment
Lemmings are ‘one of the most spectacular phenomena in the Arctic,’ says zoologist Dominique Fauteux
Environment
U.S. Coast Guard aims to conduct scientific research while also training crew and asserting a presence in an increasingly competitive region
Environment
Koonoo Arreak-Mackey is one of two Inuit students working on a coast guard boat in Rankin Inlet
Environment
Business
Decision comes after government officials sat out similar meetings in February because of a bomb threat
Environment
Environment
New plants are expected to cost more than $120 million
Environment
Event takes place Friday
Environment
Qikiqtaaluk Corporation hopes to train Inuit to do research around their own communities
Environment
The species, first sighted in Ungava Bay 2 years ago, is considered invasive by provincial wildlife ministry
Business
Another $2 million is earmarked for waste water management, said federal minister Catherine McKenna
Business
Public hearing on proposed Mary River mine expansion to resume in November
Environment
On the surface, 2 recent NASA images depict common summer phytoplankton blooms. But signs of climate degradation are in the details
Business
Quebec-based Tugliq Energy Co. and Kitikmeot Corp. subsidiary Hiqiniq Energy Corp. will build and operate the project
Environment
Decommissioning of Grise Fiord’s power plant is underway; battery storage and solar power in the works for Kugluktuk
Environment
Environment
$1.5M to go to boats, trailers and other equipment in communities across Nunavut, Nunavik and N.W.T.