Latest Hudson Bay News

From destruction to deadly heat, Associated Press photographers capture climate change in 2024

Dec. 17, 2024 08:33 AM EST

After heat records were smashed and a torrent of extreme weather events rocked countless countries in 2023, some climate scientists believed that the waning of the El Nino weather pattern could mean 2024 would be slightly cooler. It didn’t happen that way. This year...

In the polar bear capital of the world, a community lives with the predator next door and loves it

Nov. 16, 2024 00:29 AM EST

CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back and forth, then settle on a crowd of people standing outside a van. He scans the area for safety...

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

Oct. 01, 2024 23:17 PM EDT

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Playful large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by the warming water melting sea ice, starving polar bears and changing the entire food chain. Loud and curious belugas...

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

Sep. 24, 2024 13:27 PM EDT

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change. And it's getting lower on polar bears. There are now...