Here’s why experts advise keeping your distance from wildlife. Footage from Irkutsk in Russia’s Siberia region captured earlier this month shows how quickly a slow-moving and curious bear can turn into a threat. Good thing the windows were […]
Canada has become the first G20 nation to ban the import and export of shark fins, in an effort help preserve a predator under threat. The country is the largest importer of shark fins outside […]
Starting this week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever. Canadian supermarket chain Metro has announced that it’s embracing the use of reusable containers. Starting on April 22, […]
France has now set the benchmark in the global effort to save the bees and prevent “ecological Armageddon.” The country banned all 5 of the neonicotinoid pesticides that researchers are blaming for collapsing bee populations. The move follows […]
The Florida legislation will go into effect in 2021 in an effort to protect the world’s third-largest barrier reef ecosystem. The planet’s coral reefs are in trouble. Like many organisms and habitats, they are suffering […]
The value of usable groceries that wind up in landfills or other disposal sites is almost $50 billion. More than half the food produced in Canada is wasted and the average kitchen tosses out hundreds […]
The goal is a good one. The timeline is too far out. Despite renewables overtaking coal in Germany last year and the last black coal mine closing, the country still gets a worrying 40% of its electricity from […]
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At Dalhousie University, Lindy Weilgart has been studying underwater noise for 25 years. Given all the stressors on the ocean, from pollution to absorbing most of the carbon dioxide we’re putting in the atmosphere, we […]
Seeds taken up to the Moon by China’s Chang’e-4 mission have sprouted, says China National Space Administration. It marks the first time any biological matter has grown on the Moon, and is being seen as […]
