Arctic Issues and Policy Ideas (1-4)

 

  • Each member of the group will have an individual page to present their recorded research presentation.
  • The video should be contextualized by some text (and images, if you like) that invites the visitor to watch, provides any necessary background for a visitor new to Arctics issues, and captures the major points of the video.
  • Help the reader understand if research on your Arctic challenge is on-going and who is engaged in research.
  • Note policy recommendations in the text
  • Make sure that your own page interacts with and supports the rest of the website.

    POPs in the Canadian Arctic

      Oddleifson, Alton, Romaniuk, 2021 University of Alberta An Overview of POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are chemicals that are easily transported by air and ocean currents. They also bioaccumulate in the fatty tissues of marine and terrestrial mammals and, in high concentrations, pose health risks for humans. Unlike pollutants like Black Carbon, POPs are...

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    Microplastics in the Arctic

    Microplastics in the Arctic What are Microplastics? Microplastics are plastic particles that are smaller than five millimeters and it is one of the most serious pollutants in the Arctic along with other pollutants that are mentioned on this website (Black carbon, Mercury, and POPs). One of the biggest challenges about Microplastics is that they do...

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    Mercury in the Canadian Arctic: Sources and Solutions

    Sea Ice in Nunavut, Canada (Fiona Paton, 2018, https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/how-i-wrote-symphony-about-changing-canadian-arctic). Background: Although climate change is the hot button issue these days, global pollutants, such as Mercury—a human neurotoxin, which is symbolized with an “Hg"—POPs, Black Carbon, and Microplastics pose more serious and immediate health concerns to indigenous peoples and animals living throughout the Arctic Despite limited...

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    Black Carbon Pollution

    Introduction to Black Carbon Black Carbon, a short lived aerosol, is a uniquely potent environmental pollutant due to its high warming potential and dangerous respiratory impacts. Similarly to mercury, POPs and, microplastics, Black Carbon has adverse health impacts, although its short atmospheric and terrestrial lifespan offers unique benefits to mitigation. These characteristics of Black Carbon...

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