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According to a November 2017 article in the journal Climatic Change, the federal government placed "increased emphasis" on climate change as evident in the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. [14] While Nunavut had already made notable progress around in regards to "adaptation planning", which included examples of ...
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.
[77] [78] 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." [74] 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 heat wave entailed wildfires in Alberta, record temperatures across Canada and the US, and over 100 deaths in Mexico. The heat also accelerated snow melt in mountain ranges, causing flooding and mudslides. According to scientists, climate change increased the strength of the 2023 heatwaves including in North America. [3] [4] [5]
The latest report focuses on climate change impacts, risks and adaptation for people and other living things. The first working group report, released last year, focused on the physical science of ...
East Bay is a waterway in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. ... (Report). Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2020 "East Bay (Qaqsauqtuuq ...
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Isachsen and the surrounding area has the worst weather in Canada with a Climate Severity Index of 99 out of a possible 100. [2] The climate of Isachsen is a severe tundra climate, with short, cool summers and long, cold winters. The record high is 22.2 °C (72.0 °F) on July 21, 1962, and the ...