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Extreme Heat Drives People to Move
Scientists have long conjectured that climate change would spur families in poor countries to migrate as ever-fiercer storms, floods and other disasters made rural life unbearable. But understanding what specific weather elements would cause people to lea
Environmental | 207954 hits | 9:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Scientists have long conjectured that climate change would spur families in poor countries to migrate as ever-fiercer storms, floods and other disasters made rural life unbearable. But understanding what specific weather elements would cause people to lea
Goose attack leaves Ottawa cyclist shaken and scarredEnvironmental | 208500 hits | 6:21 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
An Ottawa cyclist says a surprise attack by a Canada goose left her with a concussion and fractured cheekbone, and a renewed respect for nature. Banff bears keep tourists, residents on edgeEnvironmental | 207865 hits | 7:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A longer-than-usual winter has meant grizzly and black bears are getting a late start to mating season, and the need for food is drawing them deeper into developed areas. Climate change will cost big business dearly, report warnsEnvironmental | 207911 hits | 1:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Climate change will cost the U.S. economy dearly in the form of property damage, lost output and even employee deaths, a nonpartisan group backed by a trio of some of the heaviest hitters in the world of business said Tuesday. Pesticides linked to bee deaths must be banned, scientists sayEnvironmental | 208071 hits | 12:10 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Scientists want two commonly used pesticides banned around the world for helping cause the mass deaths of bees and harming the ecosystem. Alberta scientists track invasive earthwormsEnvironmental | 208036 hits | 10:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Earthworms didn't get to Alberta naturally, and now researchers at the University of Alberta hope to track the locations of those little pink wiggling invaders to limit their populations. Researchers at the school's faculties of science and education have Climate change: May breaks global temperature recordEnvironmental | 207911 hits | 1:14 PM on Monday | posted by Regina
Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, experts say. Video: World's first industrial-scale waste-to-biofuels facilityEnvironmental | 206763 hits | 8:02 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Thanks to its extensive composting and recycling facilities, the city of Edmonton, Canada is already diverting approximately 60 percent of its municipal waste from the landfill. That figure is expected to rise to 90 percent, however, once the city's new W Great white shark population surging in eastern Canada's ocean watersEnvironmental | 206814 hits | 10:40 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers are surging in the ocean off the Eastern U.S. and Canada after decades of decline.Russia in secret plot against fracking, Nato chief says
Russia is secretly working with environmental groups campaigning against fracking in an attempt to maintain Europe's dependence on energy imports from Moscow, the secretary-general of Nato has said.
Environmental | 206724 hits | 1:01 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Russia is secretly working with environmental groups campaigning against fracking in an attempt to maintain Europe's dependence on energy imports from Moscow, the secretary-general of Nato has said. Canada bans meteorologists from mentioning climate changeEnvironmental | 206814 hits | 11:49 AM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
Manitoba says zebra mussels experiment in 4 harbours workedEnvironmental | 206687 hits | 11:24 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The Manitoba government says it has finished a unique experiment to kill off zebra mussels in four of its harbours.Icebergs freed by climate change decimate Antarctic sea life
Roving icebergs unleashed by climate change have decimated the variety of life on the sea floor near the West Antarctic Peninsula in just 16 years, a new study has found.
Environmental | 206835 hits | 10:57 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Roving icebergs unleashed by climate change have decimated the variety of life on the sea floor near the West Antarctic Peninsula in just 16 years, a new study has found. Northern Gateway opponents to push for referendum if pipeline OK'dEnvironmental | 206728 hits | 2:45 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A coalition of First Nations, environmentalists and lawyers have delivered a final rejection of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, promising a collective campaign to defeat the project should it receive federal government approval. Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott to protect jobs in climate change fightEnvironmental | 206770 hits | 6:36 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The political leaders of Canada and Australia, Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott, won’t take climate-change action that kills jobs. Toronto's trees worth $7B, TD Bank saysEnvironmental | 206538 hits | 12:51 PM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Green energy rules changed to benefit Liberal-linked firms, court filing chargesEnvironmental | 206712 hits | 10:53 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Texas-based Mesa Power alleges Ontario replaced ‘transparent’ criteria for selecting energy projects with ‘political favoritism, cronyism and local preference’Video from polar bear neck camera shows life on ice
The first video of life on Arctic sea ice from a polar bear point of view has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey
Environmental | 206750 hits | 5:13 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
The first video of life on Arctic sea ice from a polar bear point of view has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey Alberta selling caribou habitat despite federal recovery planEnvironmental | 206514 hits | 7:13 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Environmental | 206688 hits | 7:03 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Newcastle researchers have created a new bio-pesticide that destroys insect pests, at the same time, causes no harm to honeybees. Monarch butterfly decline linked to spread of GM cropsEnvironmental | 206743 hits | 7:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The spread of genetically modified crops is, indirectly, the biggest cause of the monarch butterfly's decline, a new study suggests.Alaska Volcano Erupts with New Intensity, Prompting "Red" Alert
Environmental | 206554 hits | 7:31 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Potash experiment killed zebra mussels at infested harbour, officials say | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 206577 hits | 1:12 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Manitoba says a unique experiment using liquid potash has halted a zebra mussel invasion in one of the province's harbours. Northern Gateway Pipeline report 'flawed', 300 scientists tell PMEnvironmental | 206869 hits | 10:00 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Hundreds of scientists have signed a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper saying the recent report on the Northern Gateway Pipeline is so flawed, it's essentially useless.In Norfolk, evidence of climate change is in the streets at high tide
Environmental | 206735 hits | 7:25 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Seabirds in High Arctic ingesting more plastic, researcher saysEnvironmental | 206724 hits | 7:24 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Researchers working in the High Arctic are finding more and more plastic in the guts of seabirds. "The Arctic is still thought of as a bit cleaner, a bit less polluted, but we’re still seeing high levels," says PhD candidate Jennifer Provencher.Environmental | 208677 hits | 9:20 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It’s the law of unintended consequences at work. European Union efforts to fight climate change favored diesel fuel over gasoline because it emits less carbon dioxide, or CO2. However, diesel’s contaminants have swamped benefits...Metal thieves pillage French wind turbines
A sophisticated network of metal thieves has targeted some 20 French wind turbines in a new looting trend, scaling the near 40-metre-high structures and stealing up to one tonne of metal from a single engine, Le Figaro reported Wednesday.
Environmental | 208260 hits | 8:42 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A sophisticated network of metal thieves has targeted some 20 French wind turbines in a new looting trend, scaling the near 40-metre-high structures and stealing up to one tonne of metal from a single engine, Le Figaro reported Wednesday. Environmental | 208076 hits | 10:56 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
‘The glacier will be gone. Not within my lifetime, probably, but maybe within my children’s lifetime.’ Mosquitoes will come out 'in the zillions' in June, entomologist saysEnvironmental | 208225 hits | 8:48 PM on Monday | posted by Regina
Mosquitoes are expected to come out in droves in the month of June, according to a local entomologist. Mysterious Windsor Hum's source could be revealed at 10 a.m. ETEnvironmental | 207940 hits | 7:03 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
Results of a federally funded report on the Windsor Hum - a mysterious sound commonly described as an idling truck or locomotive that has been irritating residents in the southwestern Ontario city since 2011 - will be released this morning. TransCanada moving oil by rail not as simple as it seemsEnvironmental | 208040 hits | 6:44 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says strict new rules for rail cars may affect TransCanada's possible plans to move oil by train rather than through the Keystone XL pipeline. Trillions of Plastic Pieces May Be Trapped in Arctic Ice | Science/AAAS | NewsEnvironmental | 206594 hits | 5:36 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Rare seahorse spotted in Nova Scotian watersEnvironmental | 208288 hits | 11:09 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Two citizen scientists scuba diving off the coast of Nova Scotia spotted a species of seahorse rarely documented in Canadian waters. Lake Superior hits highest water mark since 90'sEnvironmental | 208105 hits | 7:31 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
Spring measurements show Lake Superior is high for this time of year, reaching its highest water mark since the late 1990's. Algae bloom predicted to blanket Lake Erie this summerEnvironmental | 206758 hits | 6:58 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Lake Erie will see itself blanketed in algae once again this summer. According to Raj Bejankiwar, a physical scientist with the International Joint Commission and algae expert, “it will be at least an average size bloom.” Resolute sues Rainforest Alliance over 'biased' auditEnvironmental | 206863 hits | 10:36 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
Canada's biggest forest products company is suing because of an unflattering audit of its logging practices in northern Ontario. Enbridge pipeline road blocked by protesters in BurlingtonEnvironmental | 206518 hits | 6:21 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
Esa's Cryosat mission sees Antarctic ice losses double
Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean - twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed.
Environmental | 206888 hits | 6:12 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean - twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed.Professor Bengtsson talks about battle to neuter climate change critics
Professor Lennart Bengtsson said he had been subjected to ‘unbearable’ pressure from other researchers and warned of the increasing politicisation of the once ‘peaceful’ science.
Environmental | 206865 hits | 9:59 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Professor Lennart Bengtsson said he had been subjected to ‘unbearable’ pressure from other researchers and warned of the increasing politicisation of the once ‘peaceful’ science.Fukushima cancer risk not as serious as thought, UN says
Japan's nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011 has had less of an impact on wildlife and human health than expected, according to a recently finalized UN report.
Environmental | 206676 hits | 12:09 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Japan's nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011 has had less of an impact on wildlife and human health than expected, according to a recently finalized UN report.Los Angeles oil spill covers streets in 38,000 litres
Crews have vacuumed up most of about 38,000 litres of crude oil that sprayed into Los Angeles streets after a high-pressure pipe burst.
Environmental | 206724 hits | 7:08 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
Crews have vacuumed up most of about 38,000 litres of crude oil that sprayed into Los Angeles streets after a high-pressure pipe burst. Humans are causing California's mountains to GROWEnvironmental | 206801 hits | 6:35 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Pumping water out of California's Central Valley is making mountains rise. Scientists say human intervention is affecting their natural growth and fall. Alberta selling mountain caribou habitatEnvironmental | 206755 hits | 1:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Wind-driven flames drive thousands from California homesEnvironmental | 206740 hits | 1:16 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A fire at Camp Pendleton north of San Diego charred about 100 acres Wednesday and forced employees, residents and an elementary school to evacuate, the Marines said.Active Volcano Discovered Under Antarctic Ice Sheet
Earthquakes deep below West Antarctica reveal an active volcano hidden beneath the massive ice sheet, researchers said today (Nov. 17) in a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Environmental | 206756 hits | 1:01 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Earthquakes deep below West Antarctica reveal an active volcano hidden beneath the massive ice sheet, researchers said today (Nov. 17) in a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Orca 'Granny,' 103, comes home for Mother's DayEnvironmental | 206930 hits | 11:31 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The oldest known orca in the world was spotted near Vancouver Island this past weekend, marking the grand matriarch's annual return to her home waters just in time for Mother's Day. The whale, known as "Granny" or J2, is estimated to be up to 103-years-ol 'Nothing can stop retreat' of West Antarctic glaciersEnvironmental | 206979 hits | 12:25 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Key glaciers in West Antarctica are in an irreversible retreat over the next few centuries, adding at least 1.2m to sea level rise, scientists at Nasa say.Back to Canada News
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