Canadian Arctic /channels/taxonomy/term/24226/all en A blueprint for life forms on Mars? /channels/channels/news/blueprint-life-forms-mars-339976 <p>The extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada’s High Arctic is the one that most closely resembles certain areas on Mars. So, if you want to learn more about the kinds of life forms that could once have existed – or may still exist – on Mars, this is a good place to look. After much searching under extremely difficult conditions, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers have found microbes that have never been identified before.</p> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:02:18 +0000 webfull 180639 at /channels Blood mercury and plasma polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations in pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik: Temporal trends, 1992–2017 /channels/channels/news/blood-mercury-and-plasma-polychlorinated-biphenyls-concentrations-pregnant-inuit-women-nunavik-326150 <p>Thérèse Yéro Adamou, <strong>Mylène Riva</strong>, Gina Muckle, Elhadji Anassour Laouan Sidi, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte</p> <h4>Blood mercury and plasma polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations in pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik: Temporal trends, 1992–2017</h4> <p><em>Sci Total Environ</em>. 2020 Nov 15;743:140495.<br /><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140495" target="_blank">doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140495</a>.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:59:11 +0000 webfull 165158 at /channels