Rex Holwell, 47, pulls a sensor back into the SmartICE office after finishing a SmartKAMUTIK run to Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 13, 2022. The SmartKAMUTIK uses electromagnetic sensors
Researchers, residents and elected officials in Labrador say poor weather data in northern Canada is negatively impacting everything from hunting, to health, to the ability to prepare for the accelerating effects of climate change.
People throughout central and coastal Labrador have been grappling with warmer than expected temperatures this year, and Environment Canada warns this is looking like the new trend.
In northern Canada, the Inuit are using state-of-the-art technology to adapt to climate change. Electromagnetic sensors and real-time maps help Indigenous groups track changes in the increasingly thin ice sheet.