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Halifax scientist hopes 1.2-m trout bodes well for Arctic conservationEnvironmental | 206719 hits | 8:12 PM on Saturday | posted by Regina
A Halifax scientist is back from the Arctic with groundbreaking research — giant trout with giant implications for conservation in the north. Nuclear waste storage proposed for Salmo, B.C., by Ontario engineerEnvironmental | 207014 hits | 10:58 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
An Ontario engineer has pinpointed the area of Salmo, B.C., as the best spot in the country for his province's nuclear waste. Experimental Lakes study finds damage from birth control pillsEnvironmental | 206845 hits | 9:41 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
New research carried out at Experimental Lakes near Kenora reveals suprisingly strong impact of synthetic estrogen on lake ecosystem. Fuel-laden container ship adrift off coast of Haida GwaiiEnvironmental | 206976 hits | 11:50 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A 135-metre container ship laden with bunker and diesel fuel is adrift off the west coast of Haida Gwaii, the Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria is reporting. Greenpeace condemned by Patrick Moore as 'evil'Environmental | 206765 hits | 12:52 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ecologist Dr Patrick Moore, who quit Greenpeace in 1986, launched a scathing criticism of the activist group, which he insisted has lost concern for humans' Polar Code to protect High Arctic waters headed for preliminary voteEnvironmental | 206660 hits | 9:55 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
High Arctic waters could be a step closer to receiving their first environmental protections this week. A committee of the International Maritime Organization is meeting this week in London, England, for a preliminary vote on the Polar Code. Swarms of biting ladybugs invade Montreal-area homesEnvironmental | 206811 hits | 9:11 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The unseasonably warm weather in Montreal this week has brought with it blue skies — as well as swarms of biting, invasive ladybugs.Warmest September on Record
Climate Change, September 2014 was the warmest September on record globally for land/ocean combined, according to NASA.
Environmental | 207675 hits | 4:02 PM on Tuesday | posted by Zipperfish
Climate Change, September 2014 was the warmest September on record globally for land/ocean combined, according to NASA. Birth control pill threatens fish populationsEnvironmental | 206872 hits | 7:53 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Introducing the birth control pill in waterways created a chain reaction in a lake ecosystem that nearly wiped out a freshwater fish, suggesting that Canada's wastewater treatment facilities need improvement. Illegal dumping: Why do so many Canadians trash Canada'Environmental | 206931 hits | 7:51 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadians love the landscape and the landscape helps define us. But all over this country, people will toss almost anything almost anywhere when they think no one is watching, writes Havard Gould. Ontario city using cayenne pepper to deter hungry squirrelsEnvironmental | 206860 hits | 6:53 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
The City of Windsor is at its wit’s end when it comes to keeping squirrels from eating tulip bulbs at one of its most prized parks. Sea ice surrounding Antarctica reaches record levels as it hits 20 MILLION square kilometersEnvironmental | 206893 hits | 12:38 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nasa says it now covers more of the southern oceans than it has since scientists began a long-term satellite record to map sea ice extent in the late 1970s. Thousands of cunning elk running amok on Alberta farmsEnvironmental | 207622 hits | 12:53 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Farmers and politicians say the federal and provincial governments have done too little to manage the rapidly expanding elk population at CFB SuffieldEnvironmental | 206754 hits | 9:36 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Here at home, Mia Farrow is very active on social media — but don’t ask her a question about her Ecuadorian performance: She’ll block you faster than you can say “rumble in the jungle.” Bees, birds may suffer long-term consequences from common pesticidesEnvironmental | 206760 hits | 6:42 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A raft of new research published over the summer is posing ever more serious questions about whether neonicotinoids, the most common insecticides in the world, are affecting birds and bees more widely than previously thought. Moose-killing winter tick population growing in QuebecEnvironmental | 206808 hits | 6:29 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Quebec’s moose population may be growing steadily, but it’s facing a new threat: a parasite called the winter tick. SaskPower set to unveil 'clean coal' technologyEnvironmental | 206753 hits | 10:12 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Saskatchewan has attracted international interest in a $1.4-billion large scale application of technology aimed at reducing harmful emissions from coal-fired power plants. The provincial Crown corporation SaskPower is hosting a major tour of its facilitie Walruses forced ashore en masse as sea ice meltsEnvironmental | 206473 hits | 10:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by Goober911
Antarctica Has Lost Enough Ice to Cause a Measurable Shift in Gravity
This story originally appeared in Slate and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gravity—yes, gravity—is the latest victim of climate change in Antarctica. That’s the stunning conclusion announced Friday by the European Space Age
Environmental | 206733 hits | 5:49 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
This story originally appeared in Slate and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gravity—yes, gravity—is the latest victim of climate change in Antarctica. That’s the stunning conclusion announced Friday by the European Space AgeWatch one of the world's biggest seas disappear: Nasa releases Aral Sea images showing it drying up
This series of images from Nasa’s Terra satellite reveals the shocking change due to a Soviet plan to reroute rivers.
Environmental | 208057 hits | 7:15 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
This series of images from Nasa’s Terra satellite reveals the shocking change due to a Soviet plan to reroute rivers.Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists
Thousands of Britain's wind turbines will create more greenhouse gases than they save, according to potentially devastating scientific research to be published later this year.
Environmental | 207684 hits | 12:16 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Thousands of Britain's wind turbines will create more greenhouse gases than they save, according to potentially devastating scientific research to be published later this year. Soil run-off creating problems for Sudbury lakes, scientist saysEnvironmental | 207638 hits | 11:39 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A Sudbury scientist says there should be tighter controls on construction around the city's lakes. Vale, nickel giant, gets into the bee business in Sudbury, Ont.Environmental | 207642 hits | 11:37 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Mining company Vale is hoping honey bees will encourage its re-vegetation project in Sudbury. Plastic microbeads polluting St. Lawrence River, McGill researchers findEnvironmental | 207638 hits | 5:54 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Researchers from McGill University and the Quebec government have discovered plastic microbeads -- likely from cosmetic scrubs and household and industrial cleaners -- widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River. 2014 Arctic sea ice minimum sixth lowest on record (Update)Environmental | 207778 hits | 6:37 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Arctic sea ice coverage continued its below-average trend this year as the ice declined to its annual minimum on Sept. 17, according to the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.West Coast warming linked to naturally occurring changes
Naturally occurring changes in winds, not human-caused climate change, are responsible for most of the warming on land and in the sea along the West Coast of North America over the last century, a study has found.
Environmental | 207791 hits | 12:34 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Naturally occurring changes in winds, not human-caused climate change, are responsible for most of the warming on land and in the sea along the West Coast of North America over the last century, a study has found. Ontario families call on court to stop construction of huge wind farmEnvironmental | 206735 hits | 1:17 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The first court phase of a legal fight aimed at scuttling what would be one of Ontario’s largest wind-energy developments kicks off MondayClimate Science Is Not Settled
Climate change is real and affected by human activity, writes a former top science official of the Obama administration. But we are very far from having the knowledge needed to make good policy.
Environmental | 206912 hits | 10:33 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Climate change is real and affected by human activity, writes a former top science official of the Obama administration. But we are very far from having the knowledge needed to make good policy. World's largest beaver dam explored by Rob MarkEnvironmental | 207105 hits | 12:59 PM on Friday | posted by Regina
The world’s largest beaver dam, buried in the thick wildness of northern Alberta and once thought to be inaccessible, has been reached by an amateur explorer from the United States.Top 10 Countries with the worst air pollution ranked by World Health Organisation
THERE are some countries in the world where the air is so polluted you can forget about coming home with a healthy holiday glow.
Environmental | 206836 hits | 12:10 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
THERE are some countries in the world where the air is so polluted you can forget about coming home with a healthy holiday glow.Skunk with head stuck in beer can rescued in Ohio
A skunk with a beer can stuck on its head had to be rescued near a fraternity house in southwestern Ohio.
Environmental | 206709 hits | 6:20 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
A skunk with a beer can stuck on its head had to be rescued near a fraternity house in southwestern Ohio. Rare muskox spotted in northern Manitoba raises hopes for its returnEnvironmental | 206736 hits | 3:32 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Conservationists are thrilled to hear hunters in northern Manitoba have spotted a muskox. Manitoba Conservation biologist Bill Watkins said the animal hasn't been seen in this province since the late 1800s. Miramichi River salmon numbers hit record low in 2014Environmental | 206877 hits | 7:17 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The world-famous Miramichi River is experiencing a salmon decline that "is among the worst in recorded history." New numbers released by the Miramichi Salmon Association and the Atlantic Salmon Federation put the number of salmon returning to the river thTornadoes occurring earlier in 'Tornado Alley'
Peak tornado activity in the central and southern Great Plains of the United States is occurring up to two weeks earlier than it did half a century ago, according to a new study whose findings could help states in 'Tornado Alley' better prepare for these
Environmental | 206578 hits | 6:45 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Peak tornado activity in the central and southern Great Plains of the United States is occurring up to two weeks earlier than it did half a century ago, according to a new study whose findings could help states in 'Tornado Alley' better prepare for these The Planet Just Had Its Warmest August On RecordEnvironmental | 206686 hits | 7:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
This past August was the warmest since records began in 1881, according to new data released by NASA. The latest readings continue a series of record or near-record breaking months. May of this year was also the warmest in recorded history.
Dr. Ga...Extent of Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels, scientists say
Scientists say the extent of Antarctic sea ice cover is at its highest level since records began.
Environmental | 206698 hits | 1:11 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scientists say the extent of Antarctic sea ice cover is at its highest level since records began.Mozambique logs rare victory against elephant poachers
The recent arrests of six suspected poachers on a vast wildlife reserve in Mozambique are seen by conservationists as rare good news in a country where elephants and other species are under extreme threat.
Environmental | 206720 hits | 1:08 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
The recent arrests of six suspected poachers on a vast wildlife reserve in Mozambique are seen by conservationists as rare good news in a country where elephants and other species are under extreme threat.The scandal of UK's death-trap wind turbines
Reports into the failures of turbines in Bradworthy and Cornwall are not merely unsettling, but have frightening implications right across the country [World].
Environmental | 206788 hits | 8:52 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Reports into the failures of turbines in Bradworthy and Cornwall are not merely unsettling, but have frightening implications right across the country [World].Environmental | 206770 hits | 12:33 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Firefighters today confirmed that the fire at the University of Nottingham's Carbon Neutral Chemistry Laboratory will continue to burn for at least another 24 hours.Antarctic ice shelf collapse blamed on warming air, not water
Scientists say they have uncovered what caused a massive ice shelf collapse off Antarctica in 2002.
Environmental | 206663 hits | 10:10 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Scientists say they have uncovered what caused a massive ice shelf collapse off Antarctica in 2002. Ozone layer recovering but remains threatenedEnvironmental | 206634 hits | 6:00 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track to recover by the middle of the century, the United Nations today reported, urging unified action to tackle climate change and curb continued fluctuations to the composition of the atmosphere. Catch-and-release tuna fishery catches 20% of N.S. marketEnvironmental | 206601 hits | 9:01 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Nova Scotia’s catch-and-release tuna fishing sector has grown rapidly and now accounts for 20 per cent of the industry’s total value. Squamish grizzly bear dies after 3 attempts at relocationEnvironmental | 206673 hits | 2:32 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The death of a grizzly bear that was relocated three times from the Squamish dump is highlighting concerns about difficult the process is for the animals.Western black rhino declared extinct
Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct according the latest review of animals and plants by the world's largest conservation network.
Environmental | 207458 hits | 7:10 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct according the latest review of animals and plants by the world's largest conservation network. Climate change threatens birds, pushes them northEnvironmental | 206760 hits | 7:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The laugh of the loon across southern Canadian lakes may soon be replaced by the calls of unfamiliar birds such as white-faced ibises and Mississippi kites, because of climate change. Calgary snowstorm knocks out power to thousandsEnvironmental | 206711 hits | 11:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
About 26,000 Calgary homes and businesses are still without power after a freak September snowstorm blanketed the city.Record Greenhouse Gas Levels Impact Atmosphere and Oceans
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2013, propelled by a surge in levels of carbon dioxide. This is according to the World Meteorological Organization’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, which injected even greater
Environmental | 206716 hits | 7:32 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2013, propelled by a surge in levels of carbon dioxide. This is according to the World Meteorological Organization’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, which injected even greaterHow global warming policies have led to global insecurity
Limits on energy production in the West enabled conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East
Environmental | 206836 hits | 4:25 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Limits on energy production in the West enabled conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle EastGlobal Warming Jumps the Shark: the Week in Climate Stupid
This was the week when global warming jumped the shark. Just like it did last week. And the one before...
Environmental | 206696 hits | 2:11 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
This was the week when global warming jumped the shark. Just like it did last week. And the one before...Seychelles snail, believed extinct due to climate change, found 'alive and well,'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A snail once thought to have been among the first species to go extinct because of climate change has reappeared in the wild.
Environmental | 206702 hits | 1:55 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A snail once thought to have been among the first species to go extinct because of climate change has reappeared in the wild.Back to Canada News
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