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  • Microfossils Give New Insight into Climate Shift 30 Million Years Ago

    16.12.2009

    Microfossils found in ocean sediment cores have allowed scientists from the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SEOS) to reconstruct past environmental conditions in the North Atlantic during a critical period of Earth's climate history.

  • Recent Sea Ice Survey Draws Attention to Arctic Warming Once Again

    03.12.2009

    Right before the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a team of explorers and scientists wanted to draw attention to an increasingly warmer Arctic. The team departed on a 450-kilometre trek across the Arctic for 73 days in unfriendly terrain with temperatures of -40°C.

  • A Common Seasonal Pattern Found in Bacterial Communities in Six Arctic Rivers

    30.11.2009

    New research on bacterial communities in six large Arctic riverecosystems (in the Ob, Yenisey, Lena, Kolyma, Yukon and MackenzieRivers) reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting scientistscould use them as markers for monitoring climate change in the PolarRegions. The Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences showedbacterial communities in the studied environments witnessed the sameshifts synchronously over time, in correlation with seasonal shifts inhydrology and biogeochemistry.

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  • An elder preparing country food her family has brought her. Inuit who have a hunter in the family have much better food security.
  • Preparing country food to share at the Tukisgiavarik drop-in centre.
  • The community centres are based on Inuit values, which put emphasis on taking care of others in their community. Inuit come to the centres not only to get food, but also to converse with other Inuit and feel a part of their culture.
  • Caribou in the Canadian Arctic, a traditional source of protien for the Inuit. Climate change is changing the natural distribution areas of animals and changing ice conditions, making it more and more difficult for hunters to get traditional country food.
  • With fewer and fewer hunters in the Candian Arctic and a transition to a mixed economy, many Inuit are increasingly becoming dependant on store-bought food.
  • Food that has to be shipped to the Arctic from elsewhere can be three times as expensive compared to Southern Canada. Traditional Inuit country foods sold in stores are often the most expensive products.

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