Insights and Stories on Arctic

More than half of world’s large lakes drying up, study finds

May. 18, 2023 at 6:28 pm CDT

London | Reuters — More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of […]

Prairies’ warmer spell to be usurped by arctic front

Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:03 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Last year was world’s sixth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:58 pm CST

By Reuters

Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years

Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Melting Glaciers are a clear sign of climat change and global warming.

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

Nov. 7, 2016 at 3:18 pm CST

By alister-doyle

Man-made warming dates back almost 200 years, study says

Aug. 25, 2016 at 4:13 pm CDT

Oslo | Reuters — Man-made greenhouse gases began to nudge up the Earth’s temperatures almost 200 years ago, as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, far earlier than previously thought. Greenhouse gas emissions from industry left their first traces in the temperatures of tropical oceans and the Arctic around 1830, researchers […]

By alister-doyle

Ships’ sailing season starts soon at Churchill

Aug. 20, 2015 at 2:13 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Manitoba’s Port of Churchill is almost ready to start moving grain this season, as ships are expected to go out within the next 10 days, the port’s operator said. “The elevator is starting to fill up and the rail cars are lining up for delivery on time. […]

By Jade Markus