This dramatic contrast––visible on temperature anomaly maps––paints a surreal picture: The heart of Canada’s polar region will be milder than cities like Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, and Sault Ste.

The vessel, made under the auspices of the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, will be the first heavy icebreaker built in Canada for over six decades. Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan has begun ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

Night - Cloudy with a 70% chance of precipitation. Winds from NE to ENE at 9 to 13 mph (14.5 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C) and a ...

“We can’t imagine Alaska without Canada,” said Alaska state Rep. Chuck Kopp, pictured here in a file photo. (Becky Bohrer/CP/AP) America’s 49th state is showing support for the country ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

Known as the Beaufort Gyre, this swirling current above Alaska and Canada’s western Arctic, accumulates freshwater and helps regulate the temperature and salinity of the region’s waters.

The new icebreaker, measuring 158m long, will be able to operate year-round in the High Arctic. (Seaspan Shipyards) Construction officially started on one of two new heavy polar icebreakers for ...

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