A frozen landscape with breathtaking views, Greenland wants to attract more tourists but its remote location and fragile environment – which make it a unique destination – also pose challenges. “The effects of global heating are at their most pronounced in the Arctic,” says Michael Hall, a professor and tourism expert at the University of … Read more
On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many places around the world, but it caused a … Read more
Scientists have discovered that the melting permafrost in the Arctic is releasing toxic mercury into the water system, which could have severe consequences for the food chain and the communities that rely on it. Researchers from the University of Southern California studied the transport of sediment in the Yukon River in Alaska and found that … Read more
Last Thursday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Vandenberg Space Launch Complex in California with a payload of 20 Starlink satellites. And like the preceding 325 times before, the launch seemed to go off without a hitch: the rocket reached space and the first stage returned, landing on a drone ship in the … Read more
The federal government has named Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief. As CBC News first reported last week, Carignan’s appointment makes her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces’ top job. She is currently the military’s chief of professional conduct and culture, a position created following the sexual misconduct crisis. Several high-ranking leaders were forced … Read more
A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada’s western Arctic — which all started with a “pretty strange” female polar bear — is “quite rare,” according to a new study. The research paper, published last week in the journal Conservation Genetics Resources, used a new tool to look at samples from … Read more
Two subpopulations of polar bear in Hudson Bay will disappear in the next few decades if the world isn’t able to cap global warming at 2 C, according to a new multi-disciplinary study. The report, published in the journal Nature, Communications Earth and Environment on Thursday, looks at various scenarios of warming and what it … Read more
A new $25-million marine research centre opened Monday in Dartmouth, N.S., to co-ordinate the sophisticated underwater platforms used by Canada to gather ocean data. The Facility for Intelligent Marine Systems brings together researchers from Fisheries and Oceans, Natural Resources Canada and Defence Research and Development Canada into one place. “These researchers will be leading the way … Read more
The Canadian military could have modern satellite coverage in the Arctic a decade earlier than envisioned if the federal government is willing to follow the example of other countries and embrace commercial options in space, a House of Commons committee heard Monday. Mike Greenley, chief executive officer of MDA Canada, told committee members Canada has fallen behind … Read more
As It Happens6:08This rare loon brought the Bellagio Hotel’s famous Vegas fountain show to a halt While it’s common to see crowds of people gathered outside the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, they’re not usually there for birdwatching. But recently, a rare juvenile yellow-billed loon took up residence in the hotel’s artificial lake, … Read more
