The Last Frost

One of the more interesting indicators of climate change is the migration of animals North of their 'natural' habitats. The circumpolar community of Kuujjuaraapik (try spelling that from memory!) has been getting increasingly frequent sightings of some interesting critters that are normally quite rare in their wintery locale.

Skunks and moose are migrating to more northern latitudes allegedly due to increasing temperatures. These visitors although not entirely unwelcome, just suprising, are not the only problems that the residents of this community are dealing with due to rising temps. The melting permafrost is also weakening structures causing irreparable damage. 

Climate change lures skunks, moose to the Arctic » [Nunatsiaq News]

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