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• Turkish wildfires: Residents return to destroyed homes as blazes continue

  Wildfires are common in southern Turkey in the hot summer months but local authorities say the latest fires have covered a much bigger area.

  Environment

  Jul 31
• ‘Mayhem’: Severe wildfires could threaten water supply for communities, expert warns

  Canada needs more data and analysis of the historical and ongoing effects of wildfires on watersheds, says a wildfire research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service.

  Environment

  Jul 31
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• Banff cautioning residents to be prepared as wildfire risk soars

  Evacuation guides are being dropped off on doorsteps across town, urging residents to familiarize themselves with evacuation plans.

  Canada

  Jul 29
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• Faced with wildfires 49% Canadians say urgent need to tackle climate change: poll  

  Despite a record-breaking heat wave this summer, majority of people in Canada are not keen on spending more to help fight climate change, new Ipsos poll shows.

  Environment

  Jul 28
• Heat domes and wildfires: New approach needed in extreme weather fight, report author says

  By Friday, more than 3,600 square kilometres of land had been charred and evacuation orders covered more than 5,000 properties, while another 17,500 were on alert.

  Canada

  Jul 24
• A look at Canada’s wildfires in numbers and graphics over the decades

  Hundreds of wildfires are raging across Canada, forcing mass evacuations. A look at how this year’s season compares with past years.  

  Environment

  Jul 21
• Prairie farmers pray for rain as drought, grasshoppers ravage crops and pastures

  Farmers are calling for emergency relief as drought ravages crops across the Prairie provinces.

  Weather

  Jul 15
• Western Canada heat wave accelerates rate of glacier melt, experts say

  U of A assoc. prof. Jeffrey Kavanaugh estimated the ice melt during June's so-called heat dome on the Wapta icefield was three times what was normal over the past dozen years.

  Canada

  Jul 14
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• Extreme heat in U.S. Pacific Northwest cooks wheat, fruit batches

  Scientists have said extreme heat that can kill people would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, and these events can become more common.

  World

  Jul 12
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• How will Canada prepare for more heat waves and other extreme weather events?

  Scientists said that Western Canada's most recent heatwave was an event that could happen once a millennia, but could now possibly happen every five to 10 years.

  Canada

  Jul 11