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Don’t Blame Climate Change For Raging Wildfires, Blame Bad Management
Environmental | 254 hits | 7:53 AM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
Canada’s Missing Heat: Stations Across The Country Show More Cooling Than WarmingEnvironmental | 155 hits | 7:42 AM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
Today we look at Canadian temperature trends using the data from the Japan Meteorological Institute (JMA) for stations where they have data available going back to at least the mid 1990s.
The data hardly show the trends you’d expect from a place that is Solar Minimum is becoming very deep indeed. Over the weekend, the sun set a Space Age record for spotlessness. So far in 2019, the sun has been without sunspots for more than 270 days, including the last 33 days in a row. Since the Space Age began, no oth
The previous record-holder was the year 2008, when the sun was blank for 268 days. That was during the epic Solar Minimum of 2008-2009, formerly the deepest of the Space Age. Now 2019 has moved into first place.
Solar Minimum is a normal part of the 11
Environmental | 127 hits | 7:37 AM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
The previous record-holder was the year 2008, when the sun was blank for 268 days. That was during the epic Solar Minimum of 2008-2009, formerly the deepest of the Space Age. Now 2019 has moved into first place.
Solar Minimum is a normal part of the 11 The telling tale of Glacier National Park’s "gone by 2020" signsEnvironmental | 173 hits | 10:56 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
For years Glacier National Park has been warning on their visitor signs that their main attraction, the glaciers, would be “gone by 2020.” Belching in a good way: How livestock could learn from Orkney sheepEnvironmental | 253 hits | 1:09 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The northernmost Orkney island, North Ronaldsay, is home to just 50 people and 2,000 sheep. Since the 19th Century, when islanders built a stone wall to confine the flock to the shoreline, it has survived on seaweed alone - and it now seems that this specSri Lanka elephants: 'Record number' of deaths in 2019
Officials warn that human activity is resulting in rising numbers of elephant deaths.
Environmental | 141 hits | 12:53 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Officials warn that human activity is resulting in rising numbers of elephant deaths. UBC students start hunger strike to push for fossil-fuel divestmentEnvironmental | 136 hits | 1:59 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The hunger strikers are to live on a diet of only water and vitamins and will continue as long as possible without risking hospitalizationAustralian camels to die. They drink too much water and their flatulence contributes to global warming
More than 10,000 camels will be killed by professional shooters in helicopters from Wednesday after an order from Aboriginal leaders in South Australia.
Environmental | 147 hits | 1:53 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
More than 10,000 camels will be killed by professional shooters in helicopters from Wednesday after an order from Aboriginal leaders in South Australia.German government may offer "silence money" for living near windmills
Legal resistance to wind farms has become more common in Germany as the country switches to renewable energy. The Social Democrats have suggested direct financial compensation for those who live near a windmill.
Environmental | 141 hits | 12:47 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Legal resistance to wind farms has become more common in Germany as the country switches to renewable energy. The Social Democrats have suggested direct financial compensation for those who live near a windmill. A new focus for us': Canada's building code being modernized to address climate changeEnvironmental | 168 hits | 12:18 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada's building codes are modernized every five years. The next update is due this year and is likely to see the first changes meant to address the country's new climate reality.Decadal Changes of the Reflected Solar Radiation and the Earth Energy Imbalance
Environmental | 173 hits | 10:33 AM on Thursday | posted by uwish
NASA: Area Burned By Global Wildfires Dropped By 25% Since 2003
Environmental | 178 hits | 8:10 AM on Thursday | posted by uwish
Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet
Environmental | 208 hits | 7:53 AM on Thursday | posted by uwish
Multiproxy paleoecological evidence of Holocene climatic changes on the Boothia Peninsula, Canadian ArcticEnvironmental | 232 hits | 7:48 AM on Thursday | posted by uwish
Tentacles vs. talons: Octopus battles bald eagle in video shot off B.C. coastEnvironmental | 160 hits | 12:42 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
John Ilett and his colleagues were working at a fish farm off the coast of northern Vancouver Island this week when they spotted a bald eagle in the death grip of an octopus and filmed the unfolding drama. Oceans losing oxygen at unprecedented rate, experts warnEnvironmental | 174 hits | 5:53 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Oxygen in the oceans is being lost at an unprecedented rate, with “dead zones” proliferating and hundreds more areas showing oxygen dangerously depleted, as a result of the climate emergency and intensive farming, experts have warned. Tentacles vs. talons: Octopus battles bald eagle in video shot off B.C. coastEnvironmental | 68 hits | 12:32 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
John Ilett and his colleagues were working at a fish farm off the coast of northern Vancouver Island this week when they spotted a bald eagle in the death grip of an octopus and filmed the unfolding drama. Supreme Court says companies must pay for Grassy Narrows mill-site maintenance | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 204 hits | 7:34 AM on Friday | posted by uwish
Two companies are on the hook for looking after a mercury-contaminated site near Ontario's Grassy Narrows First Nation, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Australia bushfires north of Sydney 'too big to put out'Environmental | 240 hits | 7:04 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The blaze across 300,000 hectares (1,150 sq m) is just an hour's drive from the nation's most-populous city.
People who cannot defend their property from approaching fires have been told they should leave immediately.
Since October, bushfires have k Polar bear tagged with graffiti, scientists fear it won’t surviveEnvironmental | 225 hits | 11:55 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The bear will likely have trouble hunting due to a decreased ability to camouflage itself.New Paper Presents Photo Evidence Affirming Equatorial Region Sea Levels Have FALLEN Since The 1600s
photo evidence confirms sea levels in 5 studied equatorial regions have fallen by about 60 cm since the 17th century…and remained stable since the 1970s.
Environmental | 153 hits | 7:38 AM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
photo evidence confirms sea levels in 5 studied equatorial regions have fallen by about 60 cm since the 17th century…and remained stable since the 1970s.Yacht skipper wiped out carbon emissions saved by Greta Thunberg's sail across the Atlantic
Nikki Henderson, 26, flew to the US from Britain to sail the 48-foot catamaran. The journey was meant to save about two or three tons of CO2 emissions, but her flight likely produced that amount.
Environmental | 185 hits | 3:54 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nikki Henderson, 26, flew to the US from Britain to sail the 48-foot catamaran. The journey was meant to save about two or three tons of CO2 emissions, but her flight likely produced that amount. A solar-powered boat abandoned in Canada washed ashore in IrelandEnvironmental | 200 hits | 12:30 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
After three years, the mystery of how a solar-powered wooden houseboat washed ashore in Ireland has been solved, with its Canadian inventor coming forward to shed light on its journey.Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong
Environmental | 232 hits | 11:45 AM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
Failing ice cellars signal changes in Alaska whaling townsEnvironmental | 124 hits | 7:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
For generations, people in Alaska's far-north whaling villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their subsistence food to perfection and keep it cold throughout the year. How the American environmental movement dealt a blow to Alberta's oilpatchEnvironmental | 211 hits | 1:47 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The plan to weaken Alberta's oilsands came together in a Minneapolis hotel. It was the fall of 2008, and a group of NGOs spent part of a conference there brainstorming tactics for slowing down the growth of the oilsands. They identified pipelines as an idWhy the world is running out of sand
It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found on deserts and beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second most consumed natural resource.
Environmental | 237 hits | 1:23 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found on deserts and beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second most consumed natural resource. Today's Electric Car Batteries Will Be Tomorrow's E-Waste Crisis, Scientists WarnEnvironmental | 223 hits | 3:49 PM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit with 2nd-highest tide in history
Venice‘s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second-highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water.
Environmental | 284 hits | 5:34 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Venice‘s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second-highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water. Canada among G20 countries least likely to hit emissions targets: report cardEnvironmental | 230 hits | 11:41 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada's plan to meet its greenhouse-gas emissions targets is among the worst in the G20, according to a new report card on climate action. Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia's most populous stateEnvironmental | 221 hits | 7:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia's most populous state and into Sydney suburbs on Tuesday as authorities warned most people in their paths that there was no longer time to flee.This Martini Wants to Kill Climate Change One Sip at a Time
In 2017, Stafford Sheehan was a chemist working on artificial photosynthesis, coming up with metal-based catalysts that’d mimic the way living things acquire energy from the Sun. He did not expect to create a martini that could save the planet.
Environmental | 238 hits | 10:47 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In 2017, Stafford Sheehan was a chemist working on artificial photosynthesis, coming up with metal-based catalysts that’d mimic the way living things acquire energy from the Sun. He did not expect to create a martini that could save the planet. Let's tell the whole truth about 'average' global temperature risesEnvironmental | 239 hits | 1:00 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Everybody is warming faster than average. Is all this just fake news? No, it’s all true. How is that possible? Because of the word 'average' ‘Not our mission’: private fire crews protect the insured, not the public | US news | The GuardianEnvironmental | 286 hits | 3:11 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Brazil: Amazon land defender killed by illegal loggers
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was reportedly attacked and shot in the head while hunting on Friday inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state. He was a member of Guardians of the Forest, a group formed to combat logging gangs in the area. The killing in
Environmental | 191 hits | 5:35 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was reportedly attacked and shot in the head while hunting on Friday inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state. He was a member of Guardians of the Forest, a group formed to combat logging gangs in the area. The killing in Keystone pipeline shut after spilling 1.4 million litres of oil in North DakotaEnvironmental | 187 hits | 11:27 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An estimated 1.4 million litres of oil have spilled from TC Energy Corp.'s Keystone crude pipeline in North Dakota, state authorities said on Thursday, a major leak at a time of increased regulatory scrutiny of oil pipeline expansions.'Climate' activists seek to ditch polar bear pics as growing populations defy 'emergency' narrative
Environmental | 205 hits | 9:16 AM on Friday | posted by uwish
These U.N. Climate Scientists Think They Can Halt Global Warming for $300 Billion. Here's HowEnvironmental | 284 hits | 3:11 PM on Tuesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
New film probes funding of anti-oil activismEnvironmental | 194 hits | 1:22 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
FLIGHT OF SHAME: Paris Hilton, J. Lo, Oprah leave BIG carbon footprint
Virtue signalling celebrities like Harry Potter star Emma Watson, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton are being slammed as greenhouse gas super-emitters.Swedish researchers analyzed the carbon footprints of 10 celebrities who are known for their jet-setting p
Environmental | 235 hits | 12:48 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Virtue signalling celebrities like Harry Potter star Emma Watson, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton are being slammed as greenhouse gas super-emitters.Swedish researchers analyzed the carbon footprints of 10 celebrities who are known for their jet-setting pSea urchin explosion decimates kelp forests off Pacific coast
Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California. Now they're spreading north to Oregon, causing other critical species to starve to death.
Environmental | 324 hits | 1:52 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California. Now they're spreading north to Oregon, causing other critical species to starve to death. Oil and gas supporters, protesters to converge at Edmonton climate rally with Greta ThunbergEnvironmental | 283 hits | 9:53 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Thousands are expected at the Alberta Legislature to see teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday, and police are trying to plan accordingly.Commuters who attacked Extinction Rebellion Tube protesters could face police investigation
The actions of commuters who dragged Extinction Rebellion Tube protesters from the roof of a train are being investigated by the police as it emerged one of the activists is a Buddhist teacher.
Environmental | 309 hits | 2:03 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The actions of commuters who dragged Extinction Rebellion Tube protesters from the roof of a train are being investigated by the police as it emerged one of the activists is a Buddhist teacher. Was this zoologist punished for telling school kids politically incorrect facts about polar bears'Environmental | 251 hits | 11:11 PM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Extinction Rebellion files reveal climate zealots are paid £400-a-week
Extinction Rebellion is paying activists up to £400 a week to lead the protests that have brought chaos to the streets of Britain, documents seen by The Mail on Sunday reveal.
Environmental | 267 hits | 4:50 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Extinction Rebellion is paying activists up to £400 a week to lead the protests that have brought chaos to the streets of Britain, documents seen by The Mail on Sunday reveal. Thousands of cars were idled as climate activists scaled bridge during rush hourEnvironmental | 161 hits | 11:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Jacques Cartier Bridge was reopened to traffic and three protesters from Extinction Rebellion were arrested, according to the Sûreté du Québec. Province seeks help sniffing out wild pigs Social SharingEnvironmental | 287 hits | 1:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontarians are being urged to keep an eye out for wild pigs as the animals continue to wreak havoc across the province. Hundreds of spawning salmon killed in Squamish river; BC Hydro admits responsibilityEnvironmental | 277 hits | 11:25 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Clint Goyette has spent a lot of time on the rivers around Squamish, B.C., over the last two decades as a fishing guide, but even he was shocked to see hundreds of dead fish lying in pools along the Cheakamus River recently.Extinction Rebellion: Climate protesters spray fake blood at Treasury
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose.
Environmental | 241 hits | 10:14 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose.Back to Canada News
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