The Arctic climate is changing rapidly, but quantifying outcomes for Inuit has been elusive. Now, research starts with trail-use instead of models, and finds that the effects from climate change are modest compared with the role of skill and risk-tolerance of the travellers.
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Huntington, H.P. From trails to models. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 259–260 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0439-3
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