How Has Global Warming Affected Canadian Inuit?
No region has experienced the negative effects of climate change to the extent of the Arctic. For Canadian Inuit, these changes directly disturb the survival practices they have relied upon for generations Specifically Inuit communities’ subsistence hunting is contingent on precise ice conditions th...
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| Summary: | No region has experienced the negative effects of climate change to the extent of the Arctic. For Canadian Inuit, these changes directly disturb the survival practices they have relied upon for generations Specifically Inuit communities’ subsistence hunting is contingent on precise ice conditions that are rapidly changing. A rise in temperature has already altered ice and snow cycles along the Canadian Arctic, exposing its inhabitants to unprecedented environmental conditions. If this trend continues, the challenges anthropogenic climate change imposes upon Arctic inhabitants could force a large proportion of Inuit communities to leave the land they have called home for many centuries. |
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