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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.
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]
Full time AStrO operations ended in 2001 due to government budget cuts. [ 4 ] After hearing that the Ridge Lab was in danger of being demolished, Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC), a group of university-based climate scientists and government researchers who study the atmosphere over Canada, proposed to take over ...
[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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.