Climate Science

• Where AI can help fight climate change – and where it can’t

  Information on everything from the impacts of past extreme weather events to current soil conditions can be run through a machine that improves its analysis over time.

  Environment

  Nov 11, 2022
  
• Alberta glaciologist climbed and camped atop Mount Logan to unlock climate history

  'These really high mountain surfaces, like on the top of Mount Logan, are seeing increased surface temperatures," said Criscitiello. 'Change is coming.'

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2022
  
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• Scientists attempting to make potato that can withstand climate change

  A NASA study published this month suggests climate change may affect the production of corn and wheat, reducing yields of both, as soon as 2030.

  Environment

  Nov 28, 2021
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• Facebook launches climate science info tool to combat online misinformation

  Facebook has faced allegations that it permits false claims around climate change through a policy that exempts opinion articles from its external fact-checking system.

  Tech

  Sep 15, 2020
• Canada’s new environment minister ‘disappointed’ by results of UN climate talks

  The marathon talks stretched well beyond the planned Friday end date, as major polluters resisted calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2019
• Study imagines low-carbon N.S. by 2030: electric cars, renewables, heat pumps

  The report, commissioned by the Ecology Action Centre, assumes a future without coal-fired generation by 2030.

  Environment

  Nov 25, 2019
• Upcoming climate summit gives spotlight to world leaders with a plan

  As if to underscore the seriousness of the problem, the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization released a science report Sunday showing that in the last several years, warming, sea level rise and carbon pollution have all accelerated.

  World

  Sep 22, 2019
• How do we change the conversation about climate change — and start doing more about it?

  Why, after decades of mounting evidence about how our behaviour affects our environment, are we not doing more to about it in our day-to-day lives? Where did the message get lost?

  Environment

  Jan 31, 2019
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• Blind amphibian that buries its head in the ground named after Donald Trump

  The limbless, worm-like creature's name was chosen by EnviroBuild, a U.K.-based supplier of sustainable building materials that forked out $25,000 to secure naming rights.

  Environment

  Dec 18, 2018
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• Western provinces should brace for hotter temperatures than expected by 2050: McGill researchers

  People living in Canada's western provinces are facing hotter temperatures than predicted in the decades to come, a new climate-modelling approach from McGill University suggests.

  May 16, 2018