/channels/taxonomy/term/12237/all en /channels/news/search-and-rescue-arctic-261899 <p><strong><em>黑料不打烊 Newsroom</em></strong></p> <p><em>Minimum daily temperature -3 C increases need of search and rescues in Nunavut, affecting culturally valued hunting activities of Inuit</em></p> <p>Search and rescue operations in Nunavut have more than doubled over the past decade. In the communities of the vast northern Canadian territory, it鈥檚 commonly felt that climate change is one factor making hunting riskier in the spring and fall.聽</p> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:01:59 +0000 webfull 120136 at /channels /channels/news/socioeconomics-play-key-role-arctic-search-and-rescue-263167 <p><span>Traveling and harvesting on the land and sea is of vital importance to Indigenous communities in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic, with links to food security, cultural identity, and wellbeing. A new study by the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group at 黑料不打烊 University however, finds that economic transitions, social shifts, and climate change are dramatically affecting the safety of Inuit during these activities.</span></p> <p><img align="right" src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/arctic0.jpg" style="padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-top:10px" /></p> Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:29:58 +0000 webfull 121734 at /channels