Melting permafrost splitting trees, threatening highways in Yukon Mia Gordon mardi, 28 juillet 2020 à 06:30 - Many communities in Northern Canada are beginning to brace for an increased threat as temperatures warm and permafrost continues to melt. The research has told us that Canada’s North is warming faster than the rest of the country. A 2019 study entitled Canada’s Changing Climate Report says that Northern communities, like the Yukon, are warming two times faster than the rest of the world, with territories seeing a 2.3°C increase. This change in temperatures has had several impacts in the Yukon, including changes in amounts of rain and snow, more extreme weather events, melting glaciers and sea ice, and thawing permafrost. On a recent trip to the Yukon, The Weather Network had a chance to experience the later first hand.