Permafrost has begun thawing in the Canadian Arctic more than 70 years early because of climate change, according to new research. A “series of anomalously warm summers” has dramatically accelerated melting rates at three sites despite average annual ground temperatures remaining low. Ponds and hillocks have formed as a result. It had been thought that the permafrost […]
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 closed. In the United States, bears in many areas have come to associate […]
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 Asia, though shark finning in the domestic fishery has been illegal since 1994. […]
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, customers in all Quebec stores will be allowed to bring containers from home […]
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 European Union’s ban of the three worst offenders — clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam — in crop […]
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 from a number of assaults courtesy of modern humankind. One such adverse contribution […]
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 of dollars worth of edibles every year, says a study researchers are calling […]
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 coal—a figure that is put to shame by the UK’s rather rapid coal […]
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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 no longer have the luxury of not being precautionary, she says. Temperatures are […]
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