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The consequences of spraying fire retardants on wildfires
Wildfires started burning in California early again this dry season—more than two million acres have burned so far. Larger and larger wildfires are occurring as new heat records are being...
N.W.T., Nunavut advocates fight for more caribou calving ground protections
As the fall hunting season gets underway, hunters and northern politicians are calling for more protection for barren-ground caribou calving grounds in Nunavut.
A big chunk of Greenland's ice cap has broken off
A big chunk of Greenland's ice cap, estimated to be some 110 square kilometres has broken off in the far north east Arctic which scientists say is evidence of rapid...
Study shows Falkland Islands' potential to become carbon negative
A new study by the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology suggests that restoring the Falkland Island peatlands could lead to up to £47 million worth of carbon offsets.
How bushfires and rain turned our waterways into 'cake mix,' and what we can do about it
As the world watched the Black Summer bushfires in horror, we warned that when it did finally rain, our aquatic ecosystems would be devastated.
Photos Show Massive Wildfires Devastating Oregon and California
Record-setting blazes fueled in part by climate change have destroyed homes and upended live across the West -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Watch: Andre Leon Talley recalls spilling wine on Princess Diana
Former Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley recalled a run-in with Princess Diana and his friendship with Melania Trump.
Tropical Storm Teddy forms in central Atlantic
Tropical Storm Teddy formed in the central Atlantic early Monday and forecasters expect it will develop into a powerful hurricane within a few days.
Opinion: Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous, and here's why
While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging. In a...
Search for survivors ongoing as wildfires rage in western U.S. and officials warn of mass casualties
Search and rescue teams, with dogs in tow, were deployed across the blackened ruins of southern Oregon towns on Sunday as smoldering wildfires continue to ravage the U.S. west and...
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The steady rise of coronavirus cases in Ontario — an uptick largely fuelled by the province's most-populated areas — is cause for concern among provincial officials, and could lead to targeted measures aimed at...
Earth’s rarest diamonds form from primordial carbon in the mantle
Most diamonds are made of carbon recycled over and over again between Earth’s surface and its crust. But diamonds with the deepest origins — such as the famed Hope Diamond — are...
Extreme heat, rare summer snow brought unprecedented West Coast firestorms
To understand why so many fires are burning out of control in the West, you have to go back to Labor Day — and the freak snowstorm that hit Colorado.
A stranded plastic pollution researcher maps COVID litter in her backyard
When her plan to research plastic pollution on an island in Alaska was canceled due to the global pandemic, one researcher turned her attention to COVID litter on the streets...
New wildlife tunnels installed near Tofino, B.C., save amphibians from a deadly game of Frogger
The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve recently installed three new wildlife tunnels under a highway on the west coast of Vancouver Island to allow amphibians to avoid being hit by...
B.C. to protect 353,000 hectares of forest with old-growth trees from logging until new plan is developed
In what it's calling a new approach to forest management in B.C., the province says it will protect 353,000 hectares of forest in nine old-growth areas throughout the province from logging.
How a million old plastic bags and 64 km of fishing rope became a new dock
A new dock has been built in Hubbards, N.S., that uses boards made out of recycled plastic. The owner of the company that makes them says he hopes it will...
Hurricane Paulette makes rare landfall in Bermuda as Cat 1
Hurricane Paulette made a rare landfall in Bermuda early Monday as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and...
Tropical Storm Sally gains strength in Gulf ahead of U.S. landfall
Tropical Storm Sally is strengthening as it moves up the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters say it could grow into a hurricane before it makes landfall between western Alabama and...
Hurricane Paulette batters Bermuda
Hurricane Paulette was battering Bermuda with "strong damaging winds" and "torrential rains" early Monday, downing power for tens of thousands of residents, forecasters said.
Give us green post-Covid recovery, urges CBI boss
The head of the industry body is urging government to create new green jobs to lift productivity.
Australians hope to save whale from crocodile-infested river
Marine authorities were puzzling on Monday over how to persuade at least one wayward humpback whale to leave a murky, crocodile-infested river in northern Australia and continue an annual migration...
Paulette batters Bermuda as it nears landfall
Hurricane Paulette was battering Bermuda with "strong damaging winds" and "torrential rains" early Monday, downing power for tens of thousands of residents, forecasters said.
Hitchhiking seeds pose substantial risk of nonnative plant invasions
Seeds that float in the air can hitchhike in unusual places—like the air-intake grille of a refrigerated shipping container. A team of researchers from the USDA Forest Service, Arkansas State...
11 killed, dozens missing in Nepal landslide
A landslide triggered by a recent deluge of rainfall has killed at least 11 people in Nepal, officials said as they search for dozens still missing.
On This Day: Pope canonizes Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint
On Sept. 14, 1975, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint.
Philippines deports U.S. Marine convicted of killing transgender woman
A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in 2014 has been released from prison and deported from the Philippines.
Hurricane warnings in effect for parts of Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Sally gathers strength
Hurricane and tropical storm warnings were in effect for portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast as AccuWeather meteorologists on Sunday continued monitoring the latest threat to the U.S.: Tropical Storm...