Canada & the North
Solving Problems with Animal Know-How
In the winter, those of you who live in Northern regions understand the importance of traction—especially on ice and snow.
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Conservation
13 Conservation Success Stories of 2022
Wildfires. Global warming. Floods. Pollution. Mass extinctions. With the 24-hour news cycle constantly spouting negative headlines about the state of the planet, it’s easy to feel down, especially during the winter months.
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Nature & Wildlife
Holidays 2022: Tree Revelations and Reindeer Rebound
Throughout time, reindeer have been used for economic purposes by various circumpolar peoples, including the Chukchi, Evenks, Khants, Nenets and Sami. Long heralded for their dependable and docile natures and their dexterity in a range of tasks, reindeer were even widely used during World War II by the Soviet forces to help transport injured soldiers.
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Canada & the North
Welcoming Those Moving North
Rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising our concerns about biodiversity loss, an increased risk of wildfires and the mounting impacts of climate change on the people who live in the region. But it’s not only the planet’s forests that are marching northward.
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Asia & The Pacific
The Spectacular Auroras of Tasmania: Legends and Lights
There may be no phenomena more magical on Earth than the aurora borealis and the aurora australis: the northern and southern lights.
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Canada & the North
What Climate Change Will Mean for Greenland’s Arctic Wildflowers
How are Arctic wildflowers surviving in Greenland, and how is climate change impacting permafrost?
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Nature & Wildlife
“New” Greenland Polar Bears Found
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown, isolated population of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland that has found a unique way to survive.
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Canada & the North
Brown Bears and Polar Bears and Their Tangled Histories
A “time line” of nearly any animal’s existence is an almost-oxymoron, if you ask me. Time lines can make things seem as if they progressed in a linear manner. But life is a lot messier than that. Sometimes things go forward, then back again, and they can even do loop the loops and veer sideways.
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Antarctica & Arctic
6 Must-Pack Items to Take on an Arctic Adventure
The priority when packing for an expedition to a cold-weather destination is to load up on outerwear. Waterproof jackets and pants aren’t enough; the key to staying warm enough in a cold weather destination is in the accessories.
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Nature & Wildlife
Sounds of Spring: Not Silent Yet
For me, spring and Rachel Carson are inextricably linked. In her visionary, 1962 book, Silent Spring, Carson—a marine biologist and environmental trailblazer—wrote: “Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty…
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Nature & Wildlife
Mountains Are the Center for Earth’s Biodiversity
Despite the fact that we are currently experiencing the Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis, I take great solace in knowing that life here is still amazingly diverse. And, somewhat surprisingly, the hot spots for that extraordinary and baffling biological richness occur in our planet’s mountainous regions—especially those found in the tropics.
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Canada & the North
Can’t-Miss Arctic Summer Activities in Churchill, Manitoba
When Churchill, Manitoba is name dropped, most people automatically think of icy Arctic winters and polar bears—after all, Churchill is considered the Polar Bear Capital of the World.