The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘Catastrophic’ increase in Arctic wave heights predicted due to melting sea ice https://thenarwhal.ca/increase-arctic-wave-heights-erosion-tuktoyaktuk/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:34:36 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20552 More open water means bigger waves — which spells trouble for communities like Tuktoyaktuk, already faced with an eroding coastline due to permafrost thaw and the battering Beaufort Sea, new research shows Julien Gignac News arctic climate change Indigenous Tuktoyaktuk water Weronika murray arctic coastal erosion ‘Beyond what our instruments can tell us’: merging Indigenous knowledge and Western science at the edge of the world https://thenarwhal.ca/beyond-instruments-can-tell-us-merging-indigenous-knowledge-western-science-end-world/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:52:09 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14038 Residents of remote Tuktoyaktuk — which may become the first community in Canada to relocate due to coastal erosion and sea level rise — are taking climate data gathering into their own hands Weronika Murray On the ground Photo Essay arctic climate change Indigenous permafrost Tuktoyaktuk Climate Tuktoyaktuk Community-based monitoring Werokina Murray Canada’s North Needs Many Things, But Oil and Gas Drilling Isn’t One of Them https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-s-north-needs-many-things-oil-and-gas-drilling-isn-t-one-them/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:41:51 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/03/canada-s-north-needs-many-things-oil-and-gas-drilling-isn-t-one-them/ admin Analysis arctic Berger Inquiry Bob MacLeod Canada Center Top Climate Norman Wells oil and gas Tuktoyaktuk Famous Canadian Ice Road Melts for the Last Time https://thenarwhal.ca/famous-canadian-ice-road-melts-last-time/ Wed, 17 May 2017 22:51:05 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/05/17/famous-canadian-ice-road-melts-last-time/ Matt Jacques In-Depth arctic Canada's north Center Second Climate climate change ice road In-Depth Inuvik melting permafrost permanent highway Phil Marsh renewable energy thaw lakes Tuktoyaktuk tundra Arctic Gateway Pipeline: Alberta Looks Far, Far North to Potential Oilsands Export Route https://thenarwhal.ca/arctic-gateway-pipeline-alberta-looks-far-far-north-possible-oilsands-export-route/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:58:40 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/09/09/arctic-gateway-pipeline-alberta-looks-far-far-north-possible-oilsands-export-route/ Carol Linnitt alberta government arctic Arctic Gateway Pipeline bitumen Climate climate change diluted bitumen Keith Stewart melting sea ice Mike Hudema oil export oil tankers oilsands Ryan Cromb tar sands Tuktoyaktuk Alberta Considers Tar Sands Pipeline to the Arctic’s Tuktoyaktuk https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-considers-tar-sands-pipeline-to-arctic-tuktoyaktuk/ Fri, 03 May 2013 16:57:37 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/05/03/alberta-considers-tar-sands-pipeline-to-arctic-tuktoyaktuk/ Erin Flegg arctic climate change ice melt Kulluk Northwest Territories pipeline pipelines Royal Dutch Shell tar sands Tuktoyaktuk UCLA