Adapting to melting ice trails isn`t easy, even for Arctic locals
(WorldNews Environment)

Rising temperatures mean snowmobiles are more likely to get stuck. Dylan Clark, McGill University, Canada Of the world´s regions, the Arctic is confronting the most dramatic immediate impacts of climate change. However, quantifying what´s happening for the Inuit peoples who live there hasn´t been simple. A study published online today in Nature Climate Change offers new empirical insight into the impacts of phenomena like sea ice melt on how Arctic residents navigate their home. This vast region in Canada´s north known as Inuit Nunangat is made up of land, sea ice, and open water. Its residents get around using semi-permanent pathways carved out of the ice and snow. Given how dependent this...