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Canada's Alert Base To See 136 Days Of No Sunlight, Here Are Other Polar Night Spots
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Alert is home to a military and scientific base that endures some of the harshest and most extreme conditions on the planet.
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"Thwarted Recent Air, Maritime Surveillance Attempts By China": Canada
Canada is aware of recent air and maritime surveillance attempts by China and has thwarted such efforts since last year, the Canadian defense ministry said today, after a newspaper reported Chinese floating devices were found in the Arctic in autumn.
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Microbes Found Thriving in a Low-Oxygen, Super-Salty, Sub-Zero Spring in Canadian Arctic
Scientists have managed to find signs of microbial life in one of the harshest spots on Earth, giving further hope that life may also be found in some of the unknown environments of space. In the depths of the Canadian Arctic, scientists managed to identify signs of life in the low-oxygen, super-salty waters of the Lost Hammer Spring.
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Canadian Arctic City Confirms "Exceedingly High Levels" Of Fuel In Water Supply
The Canadian city of Iqaluit in the country's northern territory said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced on Friday.
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Arctic Sailing Race Planned In Canada To Highlight Climate Change
A French sports group on Saturday announced plans to launch a sailing race in the thawing Canadian Arctic to raise awareness of global warning.
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Marine 'Oil-Eating' Bacteria in Canadian Arctic Can Curb Effects of Oil Spills: Study
Researchers have found that certain microbial communities found in the icy-cold waters off the coast of Labrador, Canada possess the ability to degrade diesel and crude oil. This can help mitigate the dangers of oil spills in the region.
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Iceberg Hunters On The Trail For 'The World's Purest Water'
For more than 20 years, a Canadian iceberg hunter has hauled in the mighty ice giants and then sold the water for a handsome profit to local companies, which then bottle it.
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Scientists Amazed As Canadian Permafrost Thaws 70 Years Early
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
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Brutal Arctic Air Mass May Take Over US, From Mexico To Canada Borders
Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains. Through the weekend, brutal conditions overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.
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Beluga Whales Adopt Lonely Narwhal Lost In Canadian Waters
A lonely narwhal that strayed far from its Arctic habitat has apparently found a new family in a pod of belugas in Canada's Saint Lawrence River, a marine conservation group said Thursday.
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Ancient British Explorer Ship Likely Found In Canadian Arctic
The second of two British exploration ships that vanished during a storied expedition to the Arctic in 1846 has been discovered, submerged but "perfectly preserved" in the Northwest Passage, Canadian scientists say.
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Freak Heatwave Pushes Winter North Pole Above Freezing
Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing point today, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.
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Permafrost: Hiding a Climate Time Bomb?
On the front line of climate change in the Canadian Arctic, scientists hunt for clues to a potentially catastrophic global warming trend: melting permafrost.
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Scientists Have Front Row Seat to Arctic Warming
Prodding glacial sludge with their hands, a huddle of scientists marvel at the sight of a strange-looking millipede wriggling out of a sample lifted from the Arctic seabed.
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Global Warming Can Alter Earth's Shape: Study
Climate change is not only causing warmer oceans and erratic weather, it also has the capacity to alter the shape of our planet, a new study has warned.
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Canada's Alert Base To See 136 Days Of No Sunlight, Here Are Other Polar Night Spots
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Alert is home to a military and scientific base that endures some of the harshest and most extreme conditions on the planet.
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"Thwarted Recent Air, Maritime Surveillance Attempts By China": Canada
Canada is aware of recent air and maritime surveillance attempts by China and has thwarted such efforts since last year, the Canadian defense ministry said today, after a newspaper reported Chinese floating devices were found in the Arctic in autumn.
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Microbes Found Thriving in a Low-Oxygen, Super-Salty, Sub-Zero Spring in Canadian Arctic
Scientists have managed to find signs of microbial life in one of the harshest spots on Earth, giving further hope that life may also be found in some of the unknown environments of space. In the depths of the Canadian Arctic, scientists managed to identify signs of life in the low-oxygen, super-salty waters of the Lost Hammer Spring.
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Canadian Arctic City Confirms "Exceedingly High Levels" Of Fuel In Water Supply
The Canadian city of Iqaluit in the country's northern territory said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced on Friday.
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Arctic Sailing Race Planned In Canada To Highlight Climate Change
A French sports group on Saturday announced plans to launch a sailing race in the thawing Canadian Arctic to raise awareness of global warning.
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Marine 'Oil-Eating' Bacteria in Canadian Arctic Can Curb Effects of Oil Spills: Study
Researchers have found that certain microbial communities found in the icy-cold waters off the coast of Labrador, Canada possess the ability to degrade diesel and crude oil. This can help mitigate the dangers of oil spills in the region.
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Iceberg Hunters On The Trail For 'The World's Purest Water'
For more than 20 years, a Canadian iceberg hunter has hauled in the mighty ice giants and then sold the water for a handsome profit to local companies, which then bottle it.
-
Scientists Amazed As Canadian Permafrost Thaws 70 Years Early
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
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Brutal Arctic Air Mass May Take Over US, From Mexico To Canada Borders
Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains. Through the weekend, brutal conditions overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.
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Beluga Whales Adopt Lonely Narwhal Lost In Canadian Waters
A lonely narwhal that strayed far from its Arctic habitat has apparently found a new family in a pod of belugas in Canada's Saint Lawrence River, a marine conservation group said Thursday.
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Ancient British Explorer Ship Likely Found In Canadian Arctic
The second of two British exploration ships that vanished during a storied expedition to the Arctic in 1846 has been discovered, submerged but "perfectly preserved" in the Northwest Passage, Canadian scientists say.
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Freak Heatwave Pushes Winter North Pole Above Freezing
Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing point today, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.
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Permafrost: Hiding a Climate Time Bomb?
On the front line of climate change in the Canadian Arctic, scientists hunt for clues to a potentially catastrophic global warming trend: melting permafrost.
-
Scientists Have Front Row Seat to Arctic Warming
Prodding glacial sludge with their hands, a huddle of scientists marvel at the sight of a strange-looking millipede wriggling out of a sample lifted from the Arctic seabed.
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Global Warming Can Alter Earth's Shape: Study
Climate change is not only causing warmer oceans and erratic weather, it also has the capacity to alter the shape of our planet, a new study has warned.
