Federal government to close Canada's high Arctic research station
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English - September 28, 2017 13:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory on Ellesmere Island is scheduled to close in 2018. PEARL is one of the few high Arctic research stations in the world. Canadian scientists say it’s essential to keep the lab open to investigate critical environmental threats to the Arctic. We talk with Dan Weaver, climate scientist and spokesperson with Evidence for Democracy.