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The Dr. Neil Trivett Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory is an atmospheric baseline station operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada located about 6 km (3.7 mi) south south-west of Alert, Nunavut, on the north-eastern tip of Ellesmere Island, about 800 km (500 mi) south of the geographic North Pole.
[76] [77] Former Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak said in 2011, "Climate change is very much upon us. It is affecting our hunters, the animals, the thinning of the ice is a big concern, as well as erosion from permafrost melting." [73] The region is warming about twice as fast as the global average, according to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on ...
PEARL is located on Ellesmere Island, about 15 km from the Eureka Weather Station in Eureka, Nunavut and about 1,100 km from the North Pole. [3] It consists of 3 facilities: the Ridge Lab building, originally built by the Meteorological Service of Canada in 1992 to hold the Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Observatory (AStrO), the Zero (0) Altitude PEARL Auxiliary Laboratory (0PAL) and the Surface ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Vanuatu on Monday urged the United Nations' top court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the legal obligation of countries to fight it and ...
McGill Arctic Research Station (Expedition Fiord) (MARS) is a small research station operated by McGill University located near the centre of Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. It is located approximately 115 km (71 mi) southwest of Eureka, a weather and research station. It was first established in 1959 after scientists explored South Fiord ...
Climate change is a concerning threat to the Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area. The Earth's atmosphere has warmed by 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) since 1900 and continues to increase. [ 13 ] Nirjutiqavvik glaciers and ice sheets are vulnerable to melting and contributing to the rising sea level, compromising the habitat of the species in the area.
Eureka was founded on April 7, 1947, as part of an initiative to set up a network of Arctic weather stations. [10] On this date, 100 t (98 long tons; 110 short tons) of supplies were airlifted to a promising spot on Ellesmere Island, and five prefabricated Jamesway huts were constructed.
Rea Point, Nunavut: 1978 Heaviest hailstone: 292.71 g (0.65 lb) [13] Markerville, Alberta: August 1, 2022 Strongest tornado: F5 [14] 420–510 km/h (260–320 mph) Elie, Manitoba: June 22, 2007 Greatest same-day temperature change +43°C (+77.4°F) [15] Tatla Lake, British Columbia: January 5, 1982 Greatest one-day change in daily maximum ...