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Environmental | 88 hits | 6:54 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

A new study finds more than 75 percent of recent water loss from the Colorado River Basin came from underground sources, with grave implications for the West's water supply.

Environmental | 86 hits | 4:43 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

Droughts appear to be intensifying over much of the West and Southwest as a result of global warming. Over the past decade, droughts in some regions have rivaled the epic dry spells of the 1930s and 1950s. About 34 percent of the contiguous United States

Environmental | 107 hits | 6:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

After years of trying unsuccessfully to build a pond on their property, an Alberta family decided to call in some experts – beavers.

Environmental | 83 hits | 8:44 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Polls relating to publicly controversial scientific issues often trigger a great wailing and gnashing of teeth from science advocates. When large proportions of a population seem poorly informed about evolution, climate change, or genetically modified foo

Environmental | 101 hits | 12:24 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according to research by McGill physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.

Environmental | 107 hits | 7:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Smoke from forest fires has pushed Yellowknife off the charts in terms of compromised air quality, resulting in a reading for more than 10 on the Air Quality Health Index, which represents the highest level of risk to health.

Environmental | 102 hits | 10:26 PM on Monday | posted by Zipperfish

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June. That's after the world broke a record in May.

Environmental | 91 hits | 1:09 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Spend any amount of time reading climate arguments on the Internet, and you'll undoubtedly hear some version of the following argument: the Earth hasn't warmed in 17 years, and none of the climate models predicted that. Although there are a lot of problem

Environmental | 92 hits | 6:44 AM on Monday | posted by QBC

As crews continue to battle the Red Deer Creek wildfire incinerating an estimated 3,000 hectares on Alberta’s side of the border, all of Weyerhaeuser’s forest operations in the area have had to be halted.

Environmental | 90 hits | 1:23 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

More than 80% of California is now in an extreme drought, according to new data by the National Weather Service .

Environmental | 105 hits | 1:12 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Hundreds of birds were poisoned and killed at Bush Intercontinental Airport this past weekend as part of a “bird abatement project” that animal rights groups call cruel and inhumane.

Environmental | 88 hits | 6:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by QBC

The Red Deer Creek fire in British Columbia is within ten kilometers of the Alberta border, prompting the Municipal District of Greenview to issue an evacuation order.

Environmental | 108 hits | 4:58 PM on Wednesday | posted by Goober911

Terence Corcoran: Greenpeace just suffered a major defeat in Ontario court that goes way beyond the narrow confines of defamation and SLAPP legislation

Environmental | 116 hits | 1:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

People who claim to be concerned about global warming are in fact the ones using more electricity, according to a recent study.

Environmental | 100 hits | 1:49 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Wales are in an extra-murderous mood lately, according to concerned volunteers at a wildlife centre who last week watched three of the playful mammals spend 20 minutes ganging up on a porpoise.

Environmental | 71 hits | 9:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Doctors and nurses at an Oshawa, Ont., hospital celebrated the birth of a very special newborn Saturday, holding a naming ceremony for a rare peregrine falcon that hatched on the hospital’s roof earlier this month.

Environmental | 63 hits | 8:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A man attempting to sail his 36-foot sailboat through the Northwest Passage was rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Saturday after his boat became trapped in Arctic sea ice northeast of Barrow.

Environmental | 72 hits | 7:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

New data released Monday shows humanity has just unlocked another achievement in the race to cook the planet: The last three months were collectively the warmest ever experienced since record-keeping began in the late 1800s. The Japan Meteorological Agenc

Environmental | 64 hits | 7:17 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The federal government is girding for yet more court battles, this time involving waterways used by boaters, cottagers and First Nations, according to a document obtained by CBC News.

Environmental | 78 hits | 7:07 AM on Monday | posted by QBall

The final phase of the operation to refloat the wreck of the Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia has begun. Engineers say the first few hours are the most critical in what is the largest maritime salvage in history. The liner was hauled upright last S

Environmental | 71 hits | 4:14 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

Katherine Sinclair embarks on 1,300 kilometre walk around Lake Winnipeg. She wants the lake to be given legal title, recognized as a person, with legal rights.

Environmental | 84 hits | 9:08 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl

The future of the Peel River Watershed Land Use Plan is now in the hands of Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale as arguments wrapped up Thursday morning.

Environmental | 199 hits | 6:26 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Parts of Yellowstone National Park in America's north-west were temporarily closed Thursday after underground heat from the park's super volcano combined with high summer temperatures melted a section of road.

Environmental | 123 hits | 10:48 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

WICHITA FALLS, Texas—City officials began blending 5 million gallons a day of treated wastewater into their municipal water system this week, launching one of the biggest so-called direct reuse programs in the country.

Environmental | 112 hits | 12:13 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack

Metro Vancouver is calling for waste bylaw changes, claiming the Lower Mainland's burgeoning craft beer industry is overwhelming the sewage system.

Environmental | 108 hits | 12:21 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Voters strongly believe the debate about global warming is not over yet and reject the decision by some news organizations to ban comments from those who deny that global warming is a problem.

Environmental | 115 hits | 6:07 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Richard Schiffman: Climate change denialists are suing scientists, seeking access to their private emails. They will stifle inquiry and scientific progress

Environmental | 90 hits | 12:03 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

About 150 people gathered outside of the courthouse to silently protest the Yukon Government's land use plan for the Peel watershed, the subject of a major court battle that got underway in Whitehorse yesterday.

Environmental | 72 hits | 10:14 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

New papers in Science debate the limitations of international agreements on climate change and suggest reforms.

Environmental | 89 hits | 7:13 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Smith Creek in southeastern Saskatchewan normally runs dry in July. Last week it hit an all-time high and the stream gauge that scientists have been monitoring for decades is now under water. So are countless homes and farms in Saskatchewan and Manitoba w

Environmental | 96 hits | 1:23 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Scientists say if no action is taken during California's extreme drought, there could be dire and irreversible consequences for local wildlife.

Environmental | 84 hits | 1:09 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

It is by far the highest level at the South Pole since satellite observations on which the figures depend began in 1979.

Environmental | 102 hits | 11:22 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

In 2006, reduced thickness of ice roads forced the Diavik Diamond Mine in Northern Canada to fly in fuel rather than try to transport cargo across melted pathways, at an extra cost of $11.25 million.

Environmental | 186 hits | 12:57 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The vast majority of plastic littering the ocean may be disappearing, new research finds.

Environmental | 126 hits | 12:30 PM on Friday | posted by Zipperfish

It's Time for a Conservative Global-Warming Agenda - Big-government progressives are destroying the economy and not saving the environment. Conservatives can do better.

Environmental | 125 hits | 10:13 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Manitoba declares a provincial state of emergency due to flooding and calls in the military for assistance.

Environmental | 131 hits | 8:14 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

More than 100 small-to-medium earthquakes have been triggered in Oklahoma in the past five years by drilling wastewater forced into the ground after extracting oil and gas via fracking.

Environmental | 121 hits | 11:50 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina

A man in Sioux Lookout was awoken by a bear biting his hand Wednesday evening.

Environmental | 94 hits | 7:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Clean energy is no longer just the bastion of crunchy granola types and companies hoping to improve their public image. Increasing the use of renewable energy has become a targeted goal of almost half of Fortune 500 companies, and with good reason. Accord

Environmental | 91 hits | 6:37 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five years after a NASA satellite to track carbon dioxide plunged into the ocean after liftoff, the space agency is launching a carbon copy — this time on a different rocket. Some of the carbon dioxide is sucked up by trees and oceans,

Environmental | 88 hits | 12:08 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Lake Winds energy plant in Mason County now has to mitigate noise of its windmills

Environmental | 100 hits | 7:12 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

A report based on new satellite imagery says forests on the slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains are disappearing more quickly than anywhere else in the province - including the oilsands area.

Environmental | 98 hits | 7:09 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Meteorologists in the United States use Twitter to push weather warnings to the public, but that doesn't happen in Canada — official bilingualism has proved a barrier to weather warning tweets.

Environmental | 81 hits | 7:02 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A WARNING in the official New South Wales government handbook for learner drivers, stating that climate change could cause dangerous road conditions due to heatwaves, storms, flooding and bushfires, is set to be removed.

Environmental | 94 hits | 9:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Scientists have long conjectured that climate change would spur families in poor countries to migrate as ever-fiercer storms, floods and other disasters made rural life unbearable. But understanding what specific weather elements would cause people to lea

Environmental | 116 hits | 6:21 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina

An Ottawa cyclist says a surprise attack by a Canada goose left her with a concussion and fractured cheekbone, and a renewed respect for nature.

Environmental | 73 hits | 7:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

A longer-than-usual winter has meant grizzly and black bears are getting a late start to mating season, and the need for food is drawing them deeper into developed areas.

Environmental | 77 hits | 1:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Climate change will cost the U.S. economy dearly in the form of property damage, lost output and even employee deaths, a nonpartisan group backed by a trio of some of the heaviest hitters in the world of business said Tuesday.

Environmental | 116 hits | 12:10 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Scientists want two commonly used pesticides banned around the world for helping cause the mass deaths of bees and harming the ecosystem.

Environmental | 103 hits | 10:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Earthworms didn't get to Alberta naturally, and now researchers at the University of Alberta hope to track the locations of those little pink wiggling invaders to limit their populations. Researchers at the school's faculties of science and education have

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