Now in its 35th year, the environmental technology program at the Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit has been around since before Nunavut was even a territory. It is being hailed as a successful partnership between science and traditional Inuit knowledge.
Microplastic pollution is usually associated with the ocean where it's been widely studied, but new research shows those tiny particles can be found in the air as well, even in the Yukon.
Snow geese flying north could bring the bird flu with them, says Environment Canada research scientist Jennifer Provencher. She says scientists want to work with Nunavut communities to help detect the sickness.
A hunter in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, says it's 'very scary' finding plastic inside the bellies of a fish that Inuit rely on as a source of food. A recent study, published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, says plastic pollution in the Arctic comes from a mix of local and international sources.
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