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Climate change is affecting Canada's annual hair-freezing contest

Come winter, scores of guests at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs in Canada’s Yukon region defy gravity, turning their hair into upward-facing icicles. But climate change, bringing warmer and shorter winters, has already begun to take a toll on the lighthearted celebration of coldness.

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Climate change could significantly affect Yukon's landscape — and people — in 50 years, report states

Yukon could see much warmer winters, more precipitation and treelines moving to higher latitudes because of climate change, according to a new report out of Yukon University.

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This little-known climate change hazard is creeping across northern Canada. These scientists are trying to fight it

There's a subterranean menace stalking the highway outside of Whitehorse. It is implacable, remorseless and, unless drastic measures are taken, inevitable.

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Just over 20% of Yukon's health facilities at risk to future flooding, report warns

Sandbags are now a familiar sight in Yukon's Southern Lakes area, which have experienced high water levels and an evacuation alert this summer. A new report suggests that the worst impacts of flooding in Yukon may still be decades in the future.

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Climate change threatens World Heritage Sites including one in Yukon, says report

A report from an international organization that monitors global biodiversity says climate change is an immediate threat to one-third of all World Heritage Sites, including one in Canada's North.

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Will mining be the sleeping giant of Yukon greenhouse gas emissions?

The Yukon government's new climate change strategy does little to address greenhouse gas emissions from the cornerstone of the territory's economy - mining.

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Government's new climate plan 'skirts' mining industry pollution, says Yukon Conservation Society

The Yukon Conservation Society says the government's new climate strategy "skirts the issue" of the mining industry's greenhouse gas emissions because it encourages mines to be more efficient instead of directly reducing overall emissions.
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