An ampoule of Antarctic air from the year 1765 forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition that reveals the hidden histories contained in polar ice to visitors attending the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow.
As the planet warms, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast. Ice cover is disappearing. This is raising sea levels, changing weather and shifting the balance of powers between Arctic nations.
It's hard to understand why Ottawa isn't renewing the Climate Change and Atmospheric Research program, the only dedicated federal program that funds long-term, large-scale research into the effects of climate change.
