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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.
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 ...
[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 ...
Despite the low precipitation, the permafrost's ability to prevent water from draining through the soil, and the abundant snow and ice cover throughout the zone ensure that the climate is usually moist. [4] The northern waters are permanently frozen, but coastal areas in the south may open in the summer, though numerous large ice floes persist. [3]
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.
Other than Iqaluit, which is a city, all other Nunavut communities are hamlets. [27] Statistics Canada also lists three settlements, Bathurst Inlet (also recognized by the Government of Nunavut [26]), [28] Nanisivik [29] and Umingmaktok, [30] all with a population of zero.
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Resolute had a population of 183 living in 66 of its 89 total private dwellings, a change of − 7.6% from its 2016 population of 198. With a land area of 115.02 km 2 (44.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.6/km 2 (4.1/sq mi) in 2021.