How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils

Snowmelt Sends Caribou Packing - Eos

Researchers compared caribou tracking data with satellite observations to learn whether snowpack conditions trigger the animals’ arduous annual migration.

Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes - Eos

Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and...

UW study finds leading cause of whale deaths

New research shows that the top threat to whales around the globe has changed. But it wouldn't take much to reduce the risk, researchers say.

SciQuilt – Thank you, Hakai Magazine

I have been using Hakai Magazine articles with students in all of my courses, especially my coastal issues and oceanography courses. I am a huge fan of supporting independent journalism, especially…

Early humans were 'big game hunters' with mammoth appetites, new research shows | CBC News

New research examining the eating habits of the people who lived in North America during the Ice Age suggests they were skilled hunters with meaty, mammoth appetites.

Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter | CBC News

Cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks' worth of winter ski, skate and snow days each year due to climate change. They've been replaced by dozens of days of rain, melt and mud,...

Exposure to remote wildfire smoke drifting across the US linked to increased medical visits for...

Wildfire smoke has long been known to exacerbate health problems like heart disease, lung conditions, and asthma, but now a new study finds that smoke from these fires can lead to poor health...

Inuit scientists are adapting to a new marine reality as climate change threatens sea life and food...

For Inuit, home is where the harvest is. But rapidly changing ice conditions are threatening their fishing practices

Why Christmas trees in Europe are so much cheaper than in Canada | CBC News

In Europe, Christmas tree prices have been falling for the better part of the last decade — in stark contrast to Canada. Why?

Ottawa no longer committed to a net-zero electricity grid by 2035 | CBC News

The federal government is backing away from its former goal of achieving net-zero in the national electricity grid by 2035 — but it is promising deeper emissions reductions in the energy sector after...

Canadian anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson won't be extradited to face Japanese charges | CBC News

Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer representing Watson said on Tuesday.

Canada's carbon emissions declined in 2023 even as economy, population grew, early estimates show |...

Canada carbon emissions continued their slow decline in 2023, dropping about one per cent from the previous year, according to an early summary from the federal government.