Arctic
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Environment
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Technology
Technology CanadaTradition Meets Tech: an Indigenous-Powered App for a Better Environment
Through an Inuit-developed app, Indigenous communities in the North can combine scientific data and traditional knowledge to keep track of the environment and better manage wildlife, thus advancing their self-determination by controlling how the information is shared.
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Environment
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Animals
Animals GreenlandClever Polar Bears Show Us They Can Still Hunt When There’s No Sea Ice
In the southeast of Greenland, in the Kingdom of Denmark, a population of polar bears has proven to adapt and survive longer without sea ice - which they use to hunt for seals - than its fury cousins, giving hope to the survival of the iconic…
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Environment
Environment JapanFirst Asian Insurer to Rule Out Coal Investing
The very first Asian insurer to rule out insurance and investment in coal companies by 2025, including those who are involved in energy exploitation in the Arctic Refuge, is one of Japan's top non-life insurers, which aims at reaching net zero by 2030.
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Technology
Technology CanadaThis Radar Identifies Bears – and Keeps Everyone Safe
A Canadian nonprofit combined radar technology and artificial intelligence (A.I.) to detect polar bears, helping the Arctic communities of Churchill, Manitoba, to maintain a safe distance from the powerful predator that ventures on land due to climate change.
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Animals
Animals USAProtective Measures Get “Seal” of Approval!
New preventive measures have been put in place in Alaska, the United States, along the coastline of the Bering Sea to save seal populations from commercial activity, in the hopes that it will help the marine species already dealing with the aftermath of the Arctic sea…
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Animals
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Animals
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Environment
EnvironmentPolar Bears, Whales and Co. Take Summer Break in Canada’s Newest Marine Protected Area
With climate change increasingly affecting Arctic ice, Canada has made plans to guard its far northern Arctic region of Tuvaijuittuq, giving refuge to ice-dependent species including walruses, polar bears, seals, and narwhals.