Normally, heat records are broken by a few tenths of a degree. But last week in Canada near Hudson Bay–which is still covered in winter ice–a heat record was broken by a huge 7 degrees Celsius or more than 12 degrees Fahrenheit.
Near Churchill, conservation advocates are pushing the federal government to protect a huge swath of Western Hudson Bay, an area important to narwhals, polar bears and 60,000 beluga whales.
Less than two months after a spill at an oil pipeline dumped 900,000 litres of contaminated water--so called "produced water"--in northwestern Alberta, there's been another spill in the oil-rich province.
As the Earth's temperature rises, the changes to the river basins around Hudson and James Bay are profound - earlier springs, shorter winters, reduced ice-road time and changes to hunting and cultural practices.
