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Environment
Matt Morison, Adjunct Professor, Geography, University of Winnipeg

How climate change is impacting the Hudson Bay Lowlands — Canada's largest wetland

The Hudson Bay Lowlands is among the fastest warming regions on the planet, with temperature increases projected to be up to three times higher than the global average. (Vito Lam), Author provided

The starkly beautiful, located between the Canadian Shield and Hudson Bay, are covered in carbon-rich peat and dotted with small ponds as far as the eye can see.

Wildlife enthusiasts travel to this pancake-flat landscape to spot migratory birds, baby beluga whales and the iconic polar bears that congregate near Churchill, Man., every fall as they wait for the ice on Hudson Bay to return.

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