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Huge pythons wiping out mammals in Everglades
Large numbers of mammals living in Florida's Everglades are being wiped out by massive pythons, a phenomenon scientists fear could disrupt the food chain and upset the ecosystem, says a new study.
Fireworks send Beijing air pollution soaring
Clouds of smoke from Lunar New Year fireworks sent air pollution readings soaring in the more sensitive measurement system Beijing started using a little more than a week ago, reports said Sunday.
Costa Concordia could take 10 months to remove
The cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said Sunday, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations.
Second case of Labrador fox rabies
A second case of fox rabies has been confirmed in Labrador. The province's chief veterinarian says a red fox killed near Labrador City five days ago tested positive for the disease.
Up to 6.7 million bats dead of fungus
U.S. scientists are estimating that between 5.7 million and 6.7 million bats in Canada and the United States have succumbed to white-nose syndrome, a fungus spreading in eastern North America.
Seals blamed for lack of cod recovery
A huge seal population is preventing cod stocks from rebounding off Nova Scotia, two former directors of science at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography say.
Texas drought threatens N.A. whooping cranes
Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily searches a Texas marsh for the blue crabs and berries it devours during its annual migration to the Gulf Coast.
Thinning sea ice killing seal pups, study says
Three decades of warming in the North Atlantic has led to thinning ice cover in harp seal breeding grounds and drastically higher death rates among seal pups, according to a new study.
Grounded New Zealand ship breaks apart
A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast splits in two after being lashed by pounding seas, spilling debris and sparking fears a fresh oil spill could wash ashore, officials say.
World-first hybrid shark found off AustraliaFrom Yahoo! News: Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.
Ontario breaks Temagami pledge
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources plans to kill its promise to protect an ecological gem in Northern Ontario, reclassifying 340 hectares around pristine Wolf Lake from “forest reserve” to “general use.” That would put a greater focus on mining ins
Canada to pull out of Kyoto protocolCanada will pull out of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday, dealing a symbolic blow to the troubled global treaty. Canada will become the first country to formally withdraw from Kyoto, which it says is bad
Alberta's Tar Sands: Not So Bad?
There, at the genesis of the proposed pipeline, giant machines strip off Canada’s boreal forest — one of the largest carbon sinks in the world — to dig up sludgy bitumen and distill it into oil using a process that and is both energy- and water-intensive.
Canada refuses to confirm Kyoto withdrawalCanada's Conservative environment minister said Monday that signing the Kyoto Protocol on climate change was one of the previous government's biggest "blunders" but he declined to confirm a report that Canada will formally pull out of the treaty.
Persian Gulf boom is spoiling environment: Canadian studyManmade islands, booming populations, overfishing and heavy use of fossil fuels have wreaked havoc on the Persian Gulf environment and more should be done to prevent further damage, a Canadian study said Wednesday.
Eight Gulf countries — Bahrain, Ku
NASA Concerned About Crack in GlacierNASA scientists are watching a giant crack forming over a vulnerable Antarctic glacier and they think it will soon break off into an iceberg the size of New ...
Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases
The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming.
Experts examining killer whales' salmon diet
Huge chinook salmon are the most prized catch on the Pacific coast for fishermen on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, but they may soon have to share the bounty if a scientific panel links chinook and the survival of endangered southern resident kille
Cougar warning issued for Banff area
Parks Canada officials have issued a cougar warning in the Sulphur Mountain area after three people were followed by one of the cats and at least...
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