Canada’s boreal forest is affected by global warming, climate change and the frequency of forest fires.
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Genetic analysis of caribou populations reveals that some groups are genetically more predisposed to migrating than others. But human activities are affecting these behaviours.
Recent wildfire seasons have been worsened by climate change. But wildfires also lead to additional climate warming when they release carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
New research shows that permafrost contains huge amounts of particles that make it easier for cloud moisture to freeze. Thawing permafrost is releasing these ice-nucleating particles.
More than two-thirds of Earth’s remaining wilderness is in the hands of just five countries, according to a new global map. A concerted conservation effort is needed to save our last wild places.
For everyone from traditional hunters to the military, the National Park Service to the oil industry, climate change is the new reality in Alaska. Government, residents and businesses are all trying to adapt.
A 20-year-old experiment is testing whether filling the Arctic tundra with animals could keep carbon trapped in the ground.
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Conservation biologist, Queensland University of Technology
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Research scientist, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Research assistant professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Research Scientist, Colorado State University
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Research Scientist, Colorado State University
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Researcher in Residence, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria
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Postdoctoral fellow, Wildlife Ecology, University of Calgary
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Professor, Ecology and Evolution, University of Calgary
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Professor, Geography, Environment and Geomatics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
