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A bird's-eye view on Labrador climate change, as drones inform on iceEnvironmental | 109 hits | 7:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Rigolet's Eldred Allen and his drone company Bird's Eye Inc. are keeping tabs on changing ice conditions, and helping keep people safe. Great Britain’s electricity system has greenest day ever over Easter | Renewable energyEnvironmental | 116 hits | 5:54 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Sun and wind generated 60% of all electricity on Monday, data shows Rapid global heating is hurting farm productivity, study finds | Climate changeEnvironmental | 173 hits | 6:14 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Research shows rising temperatures since 1960s have acted as handbrake to agricultural yield of crops and livestock Former prime minister Jean Chrétien part of secretive project to store nuclear waste in Labrador, emails showEnvironmental | 188 hits | 7:19 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Emails drafted in 2019 and 2020, obtained by Radio-Canada's Enquête investigative program, reveal a group of business executives have been discussing a secretive project to bury nuclear waste from foreign countries in Labrador.It’s Official: Greenland Has Not Warmed Since 2001: The Recent Sharp Warming Lasted From 1981-2000
Environmental | 242 hits | 6:48 AM on Thursday | posted by uwish
Japan’s Kyoto cherry blossoms peak on earliest date in 1,200 yearsEnvironmental | 147 hits | 7:37 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Solar Is Cheapest Electricity In History, U.S. DOE Aims To Cut Costs 60% By 2030Environmental | 153 hits | 6:28 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Goal to Cut Solar Costs by More Than Half by 2030 The sea ice in northern Labrador is thinning — fast. Here's why the Inuit are worriedEnvironmental | 152 hits | 6:18 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Mild temperatures and a lack of sea ice have disrupted life along Labrador's northern coast this winter, and give a glimpse into what will become the norm in decades to come. Unpaid environmental damages from fossil fuels are a $600B annual subsidyEnvironmental | 170 hits | 7:22 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Consumers get most of the benefits of unpaid costs, but companies get a slice, too. Gardeners push town of Okotoks to get tougher on urban deerEnvironmental | 145 hits | 6:38 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
Gardeners in the town of Okotoks south of Calgary, Alta. are asking the town to do more about problem deer who are feasting on prized plants and shrubs. Alberta to begin formal consultations for shifting recycling costs to producersEnvironmental | 189 hits | 10:07 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Alberta government is launching formal consultations in order to design a plan to reduce plastic, packaging and hazardous household waste in landfills, Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon announced Wednesday. Canada, Germany sign green energy deal in bid to power fledgling hydrogen sectorEnvironmental | 133 hits | 7:15 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada and Germany have signed an agreement to team up on green energy innovation and trade — with an eye to hydrogen as the market for the low-carbon fuel heats up. ‘There's no ice’: warming seas chill Quebec’s seal tourismEnvironmental | 175 hits | 6:40 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
For the fifth time since 2010, a lack of ice means no visitors and an unstable future for the ice-dependent harp seal Satellite Imagery Shows Northern California Kelp Forests Have CollapsedEnvironmental | 162 hits | 6:18 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Researchers say they're not sure these iconic coastal ecosystems will be able to make a comeback anytime soon Alberta asks federal government to commit $30B to advance carbon capture technologiesEnvironmental | 186 hits | 6:19 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta is asking the federal government for $30 billion in funding to explore carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies, the premier’s office has confirmed. Mining company never paid up for environmental damage in N.W.T.Environmental | 246 hits | 6:55 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A company that was ordered to pay three of the biggest financial penalties ever imposed by a Northwest Territories court never paid a cent for the environmental damage it was fined for. Fukushima radiation did not damage health of local people, UN saysEnvironmental | 145 hits | 5:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
‘No adverse health effects’ detected despite three nuclear reactors being destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 People waste way more food than thought, UN finds. Here's how Canada comparesEnvironmental | 220 hits | 7:12 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A new UN report estimates 17 per cent of the food produced globally each year is wasted. That represents a big environmental toll. Canadians are more wasteful than Americans, the report found.Guatemala's Pacaya volcano erupts, officials warn of burning projectiles
Environmental | 263 hits | 1:22 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape
Climate activists aim to ban new gas stations
Environmental | 200 hits | 10:08 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Bison roam in Waterton Park once again with small herdEnvironmental | 219 hits | 7:42 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Parks Canada is welcoming six plains bison to Waterton Lakes National Park, a move that is ecologically significant for the park and culturally significant for Indigenous communities in southern Alberta. We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the 1990sEnvironmental | 169 hits | 6:49 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Inuvik pellet project aims to turn waste cardboard into warmthEnvironmental | 174 hits | 7:58 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Inuvik sends around 100 tons of waste cardboard to its landfill each year. A pilot project of the Aurora Research Institute hopes to change that.Texas power company warns of outages for ‘several more days’
Environmental | 814 hits | 10:23 AM on Wednesday | posted by bootlegga
Houston, Texas weather timeline: Another winter storm coming | khou.com
The Houston area is in for more freezing weather and another winter storm. Brown outs all over the state.
Environmental | 219 hits | 8:38 PM on Monday | posted by uwish
The Houston area is in for more freezing weather and another winter storm. Brown outs all over the state.Scientists call for urgent increase in monitoring potentially-explosive permafrost 'heave mounds’
More than 7,000 pepper the Yamal peninsula, world’s biggest natural gas reserve, and many may be ticking time bombs.
Environmental | 212 hits | 7:36 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
More than 7,000 pepper the Yamal peninsula, world’s biggest natural gas reserve, and many may be ticking time bombs. Record-low ice levels found in Gulf of St. LawrenceEnvironmental | 199 hits | 6:32 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
This year's seasonal ice cover is the lowest in its 51-year recorded history say forecasters with the Canadian Ice Service. Alberta cold snap no match for the furnace-free warmth of a net-zero homeEnvironmental | 206 hits | 6:20 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
While cost can be a barrier, interest is growing in net-zero homes that both produce energy and use it wisely. Scientists say noise pollution is harming sea life, needs to be prioritizedEnvironmental | 254 hits | 8:21 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A metastudy to be published in the journal Science shows that humans have drastically altered oceans' underwater soundscapes, in some cases deafening or disorienting whales, dolphins and other marine mammals that rely on sound to navigate. How pandemic lockdowns cleaned the air but resulted in a warmer planet | CBC NewsEnvironmental | 288 hits | 10:06 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Earth spiked a bit of a fever in 2020, partly because of cleaner air from pandemic lockdowns, which resulted in fewer cooling aerosols like soot and sulfates blocking light from the sun and creating a temporary warming effect, a new study has found. Alberta promises close watch on new mines but cuts oversight of coal-polluted riversEnvironmental | 226 hits | 9:22 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta government documents show repeated cuts to environmental monitoring despite contaminants in some waterways that exceed thresholds that are supposed to trigger increased scrutiny. Melting ice and glaciers could lead to water crisis, study findsEnvironmental | 272 hits | 8:36 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A new study finds that ice is disappearing around the globe at an alarming rate and glaciers represent a significant amount of ice loss. Researchers in Canada say the retreat of glaciers will have major impacts on water security in Canada. Deep water temperatures hit 'scary' highs in Gulf of St. LawrenceEnvironmental | 224 hits | 10:43 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A decade-long warming trend in the Gulf of St. Lawrence continued in 2020 with deep waters reaching record highs, according to ocean climate data released Tuesday by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Twitter Bots Are a Major Source of Climate DisinformationEnvironmental | 208 hits | 6:11 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Bill Gates Wants to 'Cover the Sun' to Help Counter Global WarmingEnvironmental | 269 hits | 11:11 AM on Sunday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Public opposition growing: Petitions against Alberta coal mines top 100K signaturesEnvironmental | 296 hits | 7:46 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A Consistent Sea-Level Reconstruction and Its Budget on Basin and Global Scales over 1958–2014 in: Journal of Climate Volume 31 Issue 3 (2018)
A new analysis of global sea level rise rates concludes the rising trend was 1.56 mm/yr−¹ from 1900-2018. This is the same rate as for 1958-2014 (1.5 mm/yr−¹), indicating there has not been a long-term distinctive change in sea level rise rates in t
Environmental | 335 hits | 6:17 PM on Tuesday | posted by uwish
A new analysis of global sea level rise rates concludes the rising trend was 1.56 mm/yr−¹ from 1900-2018. This is the same rate as for 1958-2014 (1.5 mm/yr−¹), indicating there has not been a long-term distinctive change in sea level rise rates in tExtreme ocean-effect snow hammers Japan, traps drivers
Environmental | 362 hits | 6:09 PM on Tuesday | posted by uwish
Chinese snap up heating goods as cold spell hits swaths of nation
As a shivering cold spell from Siberia sweeps large swaths of China causing temperatures to fall by up to 10 degrees Celsius, online sales of winter products — including hand warmers, heaters and scarves — have surged, data obtained by the Global Time
Environmental | 308 hits | 7:44 AM on Sunday | posted by uwish
As a shivering cold spell from Siberia sweeps large swaths of China causing temperatures to fall by up to 10 degrees Celsius, online sales of winter products — including hand warmers, heaters and scarves — have surged, data obtained by the Global TimeBlizzard kills 4, brings much of Spain to a standstill | CTV News
A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that had suspended all services as the snow kept falling on S
Environmental | 324 hits | 10:14 AM on Saturday | posted by uwish
A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that had suspended all services as the snow kept falling on S 63 tonnes of ‘ghost gear’ removed from Atlantic Ocean in 2020: Fisheries DepartmentEnvironmental | 280 hits | 9:50 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan said today in a news release that most of the so-called "ghost gear" collected were traps and pots from lobster and crab fishing. 2020 ties with 2016 as world's hottest year on recordEnvironmental | 271 hits | 6:52 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday. Plastic garbage clogging Serbian dam threatens hydroelectric plant Environmental | 310 hits | 10:23 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Almost as far as the eye can see, trash spreads out over Serbia's Potpecko Lake, lapping against the dam that crosses it, and there's concern that it's threatening a hydroelectric plant. Alaska court to hear challenge to Arctic refuge oil leasesEnvironmental | 258 hits | 7:31 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Conservationists will try to persuade a U.S. judge on Monday to stop the Trump administration from issuing leases to oil and gas companies in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.15 unaccounted for, buildings hang over edge of crater after Norway landslide | CBC News
Ten people were injured, one of them critically, and 15 people remained unaccounted for after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
Environmental | 286 hits | 10:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Ten people were injured, one of them critically, and 15 people remained unaccounted for after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. Warmer winters causing more ice-free lakes in Northern Hemisphere, study finds | CBC NewsEnvironmental | 367 hits | 12:43 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Climate change is having a widespread effect on lakes across the Northern Hemisphere, a new study has found, and it has widespread impacts, including affecting water quality. Wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes broke records in 2020Environmental | 346 hits | 10:24 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
2020 was a year of unremitting extreme climate events, from heat waves to wildfires to hurricanes, many of which scientists have directly linked to human-caused climate change (SN: 8/27/20). Each event has taken a huge toll in lives lost and damages incurUsing Blue Intensity from drought-sensitive Pinus sylvestris in Fennoscandia to improve reconstruction of past hydroclimate variability | SpringerLink
Today’s Swedish climate is well within the range of variability. But she’s young, and hopefully someday she’ll wake up to the hoax and realize she’s bei
Environmental | 324 hits | 8:01 AM on Monday | posted by uwish
Today’s Swedish climate is well within the range of variability. But she’s young, and hopefully someday she’ll wake up to the hoax and realize she’s bei '2 lost decades': How some experts view last 20 years of Canadian climate policy | CBC NewsEnvironmental | 359 hits | 10:46 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look back at 20 years of climate policy in Canada and talk to the country's climate minister, Jonathan Wilkinson. Coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean dynamics in Dansgaard-Oeschger eventsEnvironmental | 325 hits | 9:46 PM on Thursday | posted by uwish
The surface temperatures for the Greenland ice sheet have been known to warm 8 to 16°C “within decades or less” – yes, fewer than 10 years – due to “unforced oscillations.” In other words, no external forcing mechanism is required for these Back to Canada News
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