EventLocal residents and researchers, led by Collins and the Sapujiyiit Society, have entered the second year of monitoring sea‑ice algae in Nunavut’s Chesterfield Inlet. Data collected via the SIKU app tracks ecosystem changes that impact Indigenous communities and bolsters early oil‑spill detection.
Local residents and researchers monitor sea‑ice algae in Chesterfield Inlet for the program’s second year, working with Collins and the Sapujiyiit Society to track changes in Arctic marine ecosystems.
Residents in Nunavut’s Chesterfield Inlet are recording sea‑ice algae with the SIKU app under a GenICE2 research program, linking local observations to oil‑spill preparedness. The project has so far detected no evidence of unreported spills and is studying how microbes respond to potential contamination.
