Climate Warming

• Climate change made Quebec fire weather twice as likely, study finds

  Wildfires have occurred in almost every province and territory this summer and have burned more than 137,000 square kilometres – about twice the previous record set in 1995.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2023
  
• Rise in water temperatures impacting Atlantic marine life, shark spotting increases

  Record-high water temperatures in Atlantic Canada means changes within the marine ecosystem — some of which researchers have yet to even discover.

  Environment

  Aug 11, 2023
  
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• 2 people missing after torrential rain in Quebec causes landslide

  Environment Canada reported a rainfall of about 130 millimetres in the area within two hours. The town has advised its residents to evacuate.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2023
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• 1 in 5 premature deaths globally in 2018 caused by fossil fuel pollution: study

  The authors said they hoped the study would provide further impetus for governments to accelerate a shift to cleaner energy.

  Environment

  Feb 9, 2021
• Greenhouse gas emissions in EU reach lowest level since 1990: report

  Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the commission expects "an unprecedented fall in emissions" in 2020, along the lines of 8 per cent.

  Environment

  Nov 30, 2020
• How fertilizer in farming is pushing climate change past ‘worst-case scenarios’

  Nitrous oxide, a less-talked-about greenhouse gas, is taking an increasing role in climate warming. A new study sheds light on just how much.

  Environment

  Oct 7, 2020
• Lack of ice on Lake Ontario a sign of the times, Queen’s University professor says

  John Smol called it "one of the more obvious symptoms of climate warming."

  News

  Jan 14, 2020