New, small sensors filled big gaps in air quality monitoring through one of the NWT's smokiest summers. There's now a trove of data – and lessons to learn.
PositionChloe is a freelance journalist who served as the Wilfrid Laurier University Climate Change Journalism Fellow from 2022 to 2023.
JoinedSeptember 3, 2022
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Despite reports on social media, there's no evidence of an uptick in bird deaths in the NWT. Even so, the territory asked for any such sightings to be reported.
At the edge of an area projected to be the last stronghold of summer sea ice, researchers are documenting an ecosystem headed for drastic change.
The NWT Power Corporation has dealt with low water levels at its hydro plants before, but says the current drought is "about as dire a situation as we've seen."
"This is really changing quickly." A fundamental shift at the bottom of Great Slave Lake's food web almost certainly has implications for species at the top.
A new system, WildFireSat, is designed to help people battling wildfires make decisions. In the NWT, which uses satellites more than most, it could be key.
