In the past, researchers would take helicopters to Indigenous communities, extract the information they needed and leave, often exploiting the community in the process. In recent years, there has been a strong movement of...
Many mountain communities here in Canada and around the world are located remote and isolated areas. Remote and isolated areas are often not as exposed to public health awareness campaigns compared to urban communities,...
On December 2 -13, 2019, leaders from almost 200 countries gathered in Madrid, Spain at the 2019 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 25) to address the next crucial steps in the UN climate change...
Reconciling Indigenous science with Western science is crucial now more than ever. For too long, Indigenous People, culture and knowledge has been disregarded. Indigenous Peoples have not had equitable educational, funding and leadership opportunities,...
As global temperatures rise, mountain glaciers and ice patches are melting at a rapid pace in Canada’s North. In the Yukon and Northwest Territories, snow accumulates and forms permanent ice patches on the northern...
For 10,000 years, plains bison ran wild in Alberta’s Banff area. European settlers nearly eradicated the species due to overhunting, causing the extinction of bison in Banff National Park for the past 170 years....
Canadian Mountain Network Co-Research Director Norma Kassi is helping indigenous communities ensure they are actively involved in scientific research in Canada’s North. In her recent interview in Up Here Magazine, she states, “Now our...
La fonte des glaces met en péril les ressources mondiales d'eau douce : http://ow.ly/kFbs50Au9Sw #ChangementClimatique #montagnes #glaciers
Les tensions entre l'Inde, la Chine et le Népal pourraient entraver la #recherche sur le #climat dans les #Himalayas (en anglais). http://ow.ly/MFik50Au9O1 #montagnes #ChangementClimatique
Tensions between India, China and Nepal could hinder #climate #research in the #Himalayas. http://ow.ly/AVhr50Au9KV #MountainResearch
Des scientifiques enquêtent sur la mystérieuse couleur rose d’un #glacier dans les #Alpes italiennes, une couleur probablement provoquée par des #algues qui accélèreraient les effets du #ChangementClimatique : http://ow.ly/Ryxv50Au98x
Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the #Alps, caused by #algae that accelerate the effects of #ClimateChange: http://ow.ly/ylVw50Au96M #glacier #mountain
