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DND announces DEW Line clean-up completedEnvironmental | 77 hits | 11:36 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
The DEW Line remediation project cost the government $575 million and saw the removal of toxic waste from 21 former radar stations across the Arctic. Nepal says Everest climbers 'must collect 8kg litter'Environmental | 102 hits | 12:24 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
All mountaineers and their support teams going to Mount Everest must bring back at least 8kg (17lb) of rubbish on their descent, Nepal's government says. Giant virus revived from ancient permafrostEnvironmental | 117 hits | 10:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A previously unknown giant virus has been revived from 30,000-year-old permafrost, suggesting another possible threat from climate change. 'Rock snot' found to be native algae species in N.B.Environmental | 166 hits | 11:48 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
New research reveals the disgusting algae bloom didymo — also known as "rock snot" — may not be an invasive species in Eastern Canada after all, but is proliferating now because of global warming. Report: Lake Erie's health threatened, needs nutrient dietEnvironmental | 163 hits | 10:28 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The quality of water in Lake Erie has been falling for a decade and decisive government action is needed, a new report says. Uranium ETF Breaks Out on Japan's Pro-Nuclear StanceEnvironmental | 95 hits | 11:52 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The uranium miner-focused exchange traded fund is heating up as the Japanese government reversed plans to shift away from atomic energy for good, revealing a new nuclear energy plan Tuesday.Pollution hides Beijing skyline; statues get masks
The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution.
Environmental | 92 hits | 7:02 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution. Extreme heat days multiply despite global warming 'hiatus'Environmental | 86 hits | 6:57 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The number of extremely hot days has been increasing steadily globally despite a "pause" in the rise of average surface temperatures over the past 15 years, a new study has found.Michael Mann Loses His Media Allies as He Fights Transparency | Heartlander Magazine
The Associated Press, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and Reuters are part of a group of 18 media groups that filed a friend of the court brief urging the Virginia Supreme Court to put a stop to Mann hiding his taxpayer funded activities from publ
Environmental | 82 hits | 11:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by stemmer
The Associated Press, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and Reuters are part of a group of 18 media groups that filed a friend of the court brief urging the Virginia Supreme Court to put a stop to Mann hiding his taxpayer funded activities from publ Canada siding with U.S., Denmark on High Arctic fishing moratoriumEnvironmental | 90 hits | 9:55 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Russia and Norway will be urged at Greenland meeting to join other three Arctic states in support of agreement Scientists Track Where All The Debris From The Japanese Tsunami Is GoingEnvironmental | 104 hits | 7:32 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
University of Hawaii scientists have been tracking the spread of debris from the tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.Michael Mann Faces Bankruptcy as his Courtroom Climate Capers Collapse
Massive counterclaims, in excess of $10 million, have just been filed against climate scientist Michael Mann after lawyers affirmed that the former golden boy of global warming alarmism had sensationally failed in his exasperating three-year bid to sue sk
Environmental | 201 hits | 7:35 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Massive counterclaims, in excess of $10 million, have just been filed against climate scientist Michael Mann after lawyers affirmed that the former golden boy of global warming alarmism had sensationally failed in his exasperating three-year bid to sue skScientists: Don't make “extreme cold” centerpiece of global warming argument
It’s a fascinating paradox: global warming as the culprit for bone-chilling cold. But more and more scientists are expressing reservations about this hypothesis, first proposed by Rutgers climate scientist Jennifer Francis and collaborators.
Environmental | 95 hits | 7:19 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It’s a fascinating paradox: global warming as the culprit for bone-chilling cold. But more and more scientists are expressing reservations about this hypothesis, first proposed by Rutgers climate scientist Jennifer Francis and collaborators.Met Office report told councils winter will be 'drier than normal' just before floods
In the worst weather prediction since Michael Fish reassured the nation in October 1987 that there was no hurricane on the way, forecasters said the Somerset Levels and the rest of the West Country would be especially dry.
Environmental | 131 hits | 11:44 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In the worst weather prediction since Michael Fish reassured the nation in October 1987 that there was no hurricane on the way, forecasters said the Somerset Levels and the rest of the West Country would be especially dry. Warming Arctic changing jet stream and our weather: expert | KNLiveEnvironmental | 119 hits | 7:07 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
When severe storms hit one question that is often asked is if the storm is somehow connected to climate change. Scientists are often quick to point out that storms and weather are caused by the jet stream. 4 cougars shot near school in Cranbrook, B.C.Environmental | 96 hits | 2:03 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Conservation officers in Cranbrook, B.C., say they were forced to shoot a group cougars after they were spotted feeding on a deer in a residential neighbourhood. Conservatives eye Arctic reindeer reserve for oil and gasEnvironmental | 95 hits | 11:07 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Tracts of land that had been set aside for reindeer grazing in Canada's North have instead been offered up by the Conservative government for oil and gas exploration, newly released documents show.The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center asks how and why its mild weather forecast was so wrong
Environmental | 78 hits | 12:36 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center asks how and why its mild weather forecast was so wrongScience Linking Drought to Global Warming Remains Matter of Dispute
President Obama pushing at the boundaries of scientific knowledge about the relationship between climate change and drought.
Environmental | 74 hits | 12:32 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
President Obama pushing at the boundaries of scientific knowledge about the relationship between climate change and drought.Offshore wind farm scrapped due to fears over birds
Blow for government as one planned wind farm scrapped, another scaled back and
industry chief warns turbines are unlikely to be manufactured in the UK
Environmental | 68 hits | 12:20 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Blow for government as one planned wind farm scrapped, another scaled back and
industry chief warns turbines are unlikely to be manufactured in the UK Waters off B.C. coast awash in plastic particles, says head of new ocean pollution programEnvironmental | 125 hits | 9:30 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Water samples from off the B.C. coast have found up to about 9,200 particles of plastic per cubic metre, the director of a new ocean pollution program at the Vancouver Aquarium said Tuesday. Based on 34 water samples taken between inshore waters and 1,20Another scary NASA picture of the California drought | UTSanDiego.com
A new NASA image from space may make you even more anxious about California's severe drought. The picture, posted on a NASA blog last week, shows "the impact of drought on California’s farms, forests, and wild lands" and it should be a lot greener than it
Environmental | 141 hits | 7:24 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A new NASA image from space may make you even more anxious about California's severe drought. The picture, posted on a NASA blog last week, shows "the impact of drought on California’s farms, forests, and wild lands" and it should be a lot greener than it Canada's Arctic ice caps melting rapidly since 2005, according to documentsEnvironmental | 88 hits | 7:22 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Glacier monitoring conducted by the federal government in Canada’s High Arctic shows the shrinking of ice caps that started in the late 1980s “has accelerated rapidly since 2005” and is part of a “strongly negative trend,” according to internal government North American leaders called upon to save monarch butterflyEnvironmental | 83 hits | 7:20 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto are being urged to do something to save a delicate symbol of the continent: the monarch butterfly. The three leaders are being asked to review farming and Why did the grizzly cross the road? To find loveEnvironmental | 100 hits | 11:59 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Grizzly and black bears are using overpasses and underpasses crossing the Trans-Canada Highway to rendezvous with members of the opposite sex, a new study confirms. In Mackenzie Delta, songbird wake-up a thing of the pastEnvironmental | 104 hits | 3:30 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
The sweet melodic sounds of songbirds have become a distant memory for some people in the Mackenzie Delta.Kerry calls climate change 'weapon of mass destruction'
U.S. Secretary of State to make the case that cost of inaction far outweighs expenses of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Environmental | 181 hits | 6:58 AM on Monday | posted by stemmer
U.S. Secretary of State to make the case that cost of inaction far outweighs expenses of reducing greenhouse gas emissionsHow 'money-saving' solar panels actually INCREASED my heating bills by 220 per cent!
A total of 175 householders in Longtown, Cumbria, received the new system from Warmer Energy Services, financed by Riverside Housing Association.
Environmental | 217 hits | 2:37 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A total of 175 householders in Longtown, Cumbria, received the new system from Warmer Energy Services, financed by Riverside Housing Association.The $2.2 Billion Bird-Scorching Solar Project
The giant $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar-power project opening this week in the California desert is the first of its kind, and it may be among the last, because of growing evidence that the technology is killing birds.
Environmental | 200 hits | 5:15 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The giant $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar-power project opening this week in the California desert is the first of its kind, and it may be among the last, because of growing evidence that the technology is killing birds. UBC researchers blame infectious parasite found in Arctic belugas on melting iceEnvironmental | 108 hits | 5:58 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Researchers at the University of British Columbia warned scientists Thursday they had found evidence that an infectious form of a cat parasite had spread through Arctic waters and has begun to appear in Beluga whales. Michael Grigg and Stephen Raverty attCarbon dioxide from exhaust can now be used to make new chemicals | Ars Technica
Carbon capture is yet to become energy-efficient, but uses of CO₂ are growing. In the new research, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Soon Hong and colleagues from the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea have caught CO₂ from e
Environmental | 126 hits | 10:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Carbon capture is yet to become energy-efficient, but uses of CO₂ are growing. In the new research, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Soon Hong and colleagues from the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea have caught CO₂ from eThe martyrdom of Mark Steyn » Columnist: The Spectator
By rights, Mann v Steyn should be the 21st-century equivalent of the Scopes monkey trial, with believers in free speech, proponents of the scientific method and sympathetic millionaires and billionaires all piling in to Steyn’s defence with op eds, learne
Environmental | 112 hits | 10:50 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
By rights, Mann v Steyn should be the 21st-century equivalent of the Scopes monkey trial, with believers in free speech, proponents of the scientific method and sympathetic millionaires and billionaires all piling in to Steyn’s defence with op eds, learneHundreds of Thousands Lose Power as Ice Paralyzes South
Georgia residents who went to bed worried about Gov. Nathan Deal’s ominous warning that the state was about to be iced over woke Wednesday to find out that he was right: An ice storm of what meteorologists say could be historic scope had begun as the Deep
Environmental | 107 hits | 10:43 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Georgia residents who went to bed worried about Gov. Nathan Deal’s ominous warning that the state was about to be iced over woke Wednesday to find out that he was right: An ice storm of what meteorologists say could be historic scope had begun as the DeepDeadliest Mushroom Is Spreading Worldwide : Discovery News
It’s big, meaty, looks innocuous, grows near-edible mushrooms and smells delicious, but the name reveals its toxicity: the death cap. Native to Europe, the death cap is now an invasive species on every continent except Antarctica, Cat Adams, a Harvard gra
Environmental | 132 hits | 9:29 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
It’s big, meaty, looks innocuous, grows near-edible mushrooms and smells delicious, but the name reveals its toxicity: the death cap. Native to Europe, the death cap is now an invasive species on every continent except Antarctica, Cat Adams, a Harvard gra Iconic island study on its last legsEnvironmental | 140 hits | 8:17 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Since 1958, ecologists have watched wolf and moose populations on Isle Royale in Lake Superior wax and wane in response to each other, disease and the weather. But for the longest predator–prey study in the world, the wolf is now at the door. Devastated bGiant mass extinction may have been quicker than previously thought
Environmental | 109 hits | 10:15 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Germany Plans to Raze Towns for Brown Coal and Cheap Energy
Germany has ambitious renewable energy goals, but its reliance on coal is also growing. Towns like Atterwasch face relocation to feed demand for cheap brown coal.
Environmental | 140 hits | 8:48 AM on Tuesday | posted by stemmer
Germany has ambitious renewable energy goals, but its reliance on coal is also growing. Towns like Atterwasch face relocation to feed demand for cheap brown coal.GOP bill would force EPA to reveal science behind regulations
A new bill introduced by Republican lawmakers would put an end to the Environmental Protection Agency issuing regulations without revealing all the scientific research used to justify the new rules.
Environmental | 117 hits | 12:12 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A new bill introduced by Republican lawmakers would put an end to the Environmental Protection Agency issuing regulations without revealing all the scientific research used to justify the new rules.Great Lakes ice cover spreading rapidly; see which lake set a new record | MLive.com
Ice continued to build this past week on the Great Lakes due to the cold air and temperatures staying below freezing, and Lake Superior's new record shows it.
Environmental | 144 hits | 1:08 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ice continued to build this past week on the Great Lakes due to the cold air and temperatures staying below freezing, and Lake Superior's new record shows it.7 environmental charities face Canada Revenue Agency audits
The Canada Revenue Agency is currently conducting extensive audits on some of Canada's most prominent environmental groups to determine if they comply with guidelines that restrict political advocacy, CBC News has learned.
Environmental | 106 hits | 3:48 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Canada Revenue Agency is currently conducting extensive audits on some of Canada's most prominent environmental groups to determine if they comply with guidelines that restrict political advocacy, CBC News has learned. Climate Change Proves a Survival Experiment for WildlifeEnvironmental | 108 hits | 10:11 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
In the 1993 blockbuster movie "Jurassic Park," a sleazy scientist played by Jeff Goldblum quips that "life finds a way." For real biologists, climate change is like a massive, unplanned experiment, one that may be too fast and strange for some species to Polar bear cubs pictured keeping close to mom in Canadian wildernessEnvironmental | 153 hits | 3:23 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Wildlife photographer Thomas Kokta, from Washington, captured these images while tracking polar bear families in Manitoba, Canada. Report: Fracking raising water supply worriesEnvironmental | 94 hits | 8:25 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The USA's domestic energy boom is increasing demands on limited water supplies already under pressure by drought conditions and growing populations, a new report says.Alaska's Arctic icy lakes lose thickness
Twenty years of satellite data indicate many more of the icy lakes that dominate Alaska's Arctic coastal plain no longer freeze right through to the bottom in winter.
Environmental | 107 hits | 7:24 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Twenty years of satellite data indicate many more of the icy lakes that dominate Alaska's Arctic coastal plain no longer freeze right through to the bottom in winter. Woolly mammoth diet mystery solved by DNA analysisEnvironmental | 140 hits | 10:25 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
How did huge mammals like woolly mammoths sustain themselves when they roamed the Arctic during the last Ice Age? A DNA analysis has solved that mystery and helps explain the rise and fall of giant mammals.In Huge Breakthrough, Iceland Has Uncovered the Ultimate Renewable Energy Source
On Jan. 28, President Barack Obama spent a large part of his State of the Union address detailing his "All-Of-The-Above" energy strategy. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, Iceland may have just developed the ultimate "All-Of-The-Below" energy strategy — it's
Environmental | 262 hits | 7:26 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
On Jan. 28, President Barack Obama spent a large part of his State of the Union address detailing his "All-Of-The-Above" energy strategy. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, Iceland may have just developed the ultimate "All-Of-The-Below" energy strategy — it's Alberta dead last in energy efficiency: study | CTV Calgary NewsEnvironmental | 105 hits | 7:24 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
While Alberta may be a leader in terms of energy in North America, its dead last when it comes to efficiency, according to a new study. Hunters angered by poached grizzliesEnvironmental | 111 hits | 7:22 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
In the snarly debate about how many grizzlies roam Alberta, it's an undeniable fact: there are now a whole lot less of them, thanks to poachers. Thirty-one dead grizzly bears for 2013 is the gruesome tally announced Tuesday by Alberta Environment and Sust Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspectionsEnvironmental | 129 hits | 7:16 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A CBC News investigation has unearthed a critical report that the federal regulator effectively buried for several years about a rupture on a trouble-prone TransCanada natural gas pipeline. Greenland Glacier Breaks Speed RecordEnvironmental | 80 hits | 5:53 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
During the summer of 2012 the Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbræ flowed into the ocean at the fastest speed ever observed for a glacier in Greenland or Antarctica, according to a paper published February 3 in The Cryosphere. At its speediest, satellite daBack to Canada News
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