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Bridging traditional and scientific knowledge in Tuktoyaktuk

This is the first in a series of Simply Science articles exploring places where traditional Indigenous knowledge intersects with conventional core science. Incredible value can be found when community members are actively involved in scientific research conducted close to home. This approach is especially meaningful in remote corners of the land where people are experiencing the devastating effects of climate change right outside their front doors.

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Arctic science in the 1980s – working on an ice island

During the 1980s, Canadian scientists conducted research on an island made of ice in the Arctic Ocean. We reached out to two scientists, Peta Mudie and David Mosher, to discuss their experience working on this ice island more than 30 years ago.

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Arctic Climate change Geosciences

Taking a deep dive into Canada’s oceans

Rare tube worms, glass sponge reefs, pingos — some of the fascinating features found in our oceans

June 2022

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Arctic Climate change Geosciences

New geological research in Canada’s Arctic provides clues about life on Mars

A unique geological formation in Canada called the Smoking Hills — because it is literally smouldering — provides signs that Mars may have been a more habitable environment than commonly believed.

April 2022

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Arctic Climate change Geosciences

Making up for lost time in Canada’s Far North

Government researchers have travelled to Canada’s High Arctic each year since 1959 to measure glacier activity. And since the early 1990s, they’ve also monitored the weather stations that have been installed on the ice. But that all changed in 2020, when travel plans were abruptly cancelled due to COVID-19.

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Arctic Climate change

Keeping pace with shrinking glaciers in Canada’s West

Glaciers the world over are melting and disappearing. In Western Canada, they’re thinning and retreating at dramatic and ever-increasing rates.

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Arctic Climate change

How do you do research in the Arctic? (To the Point)

Canada’s North, while it’s beautiful, is known for extreme weather and vast areas of rock, ice and snow, covering five million square kilometres including a mind-blowing 36,000 islands. Just getting there can seem daunting! If scientists wanted to conduct scientific research in Canada’s Arctic, how would they get there? They’d call Natural Resources Canada’s Polar Continental Shelf Program, as they provide logistics to support research in the North.

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Permafrost thaw brings major problems to Canada’s Northern Arctic communities

New assessment shows action needed on permafrost and climate change

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Arctic Climate change Geosciences

Arctic science doesn’t stop: researchers find new ways to conduct fieldwork

Geological Survey of Canada scientists link up with the Northwest Territories Geological Survey to keep Arctic research going during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Arctic Climate change Geosciences

Exploring for Minerals by Following the Path of Glaciers

Research scientist Roger Paulen and his colleagues are “Ore Detectives”! By studying how glaciers impacted the land surface of Canada, they provide framework information to help industry locate buried mineral deposits. Find out how they use mapping and sampling of the surficial sediments to increase exploration success in northern Canada.

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Arctic Geosciences Mining

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Bridging traditional and scientific knowledge in Tuktoyaktuk

Arctic science in the 1980s – working on an ice island

Taking a deep dive into Canada’s oceans

New geological research in Canada’s Arctic provides clues about life on Mars

Making up for lost time in Canada’s Far North

Keeping pace with shrinking glaciers in Canada’s West

How do you do research in the Arctic? (To the Point)

Permafrost thaw brings major problems to Canada’s Northern Arctic communities

Arctic science doesn’t stop: researchers find new ways to conduct fieldwork

Exploring for Minerals by Following the Path of Glaciers

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