Energy Road Map Charts Challenging Course to Oil-Free Future
Thirty-three years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen told a U.S. congressional committee the agency was 99 per…
Browsing: Global Warming
Canada’s coronavirus response a blueprint for climate action
COVID-19 is taking a toll on almost every aspect of the lives of Canadians. The…
Political climate is heating up
Global warming isn’t a partisan issue — or it shouldn’t be. The many experts issuing…
Ocean study criticism shows benefits of scientific method
Errors in a recent ocean warming study illustrate global warming’s complexity. They also show the…
Are governments giving up on global warming?
The U.S. president may think global warming is a hoax perpetrated by China, but his…
We can’t hide from global warming’s consequences
Over the past few months, heat records have broken worldwide. In early July, the temperature in Ouargla, Algeria, reached 51.3 C, the highest ever recorded in Africa! Temperatures in the eastern and southwestern United States and southeastern Canada have also hit record highs. In Montreal, people sweltered under temperatures of 36.6 C, the highest ever recorded there, as well as record-breaking extreme midnight heat and humidity, an unpleasant experience shared by people in Ottawa. Dozens of people have died from heat-related causes in Quebec alone.
Kinder Morgan pipeline controversy proves need to shift course
On March 31, an underwater pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in Balikpapan, Indonesia, broke,…
Audit exposes Canadian climate failures
Scientists, academics, environmentalists and communicators have urged governments to take the climate crisis seriously for…
U.S. climate report leaves little room for doubt
It seems odd that a major U.S. government climate report released November 3 didn’t receive more media attention. But then, the main thing newsworthy about the Climate Science Special Report is that it was released at all, apparently without political interference.
U.S. climate report leaves little room for doubt
It seems odd that a major U.S. government climate report released November 3 didn’t receive…
Arctic on the Edge
Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the Arctic on the Edge/L’Arctique à la limite Expedition documents the life cycle of ice from Greenland to Baffin Island, south down the Labrador Coast, ending in Newfoundland
Arctic on the Edge
Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the Arctic on the Edge/L’Arctique à la limite Expedition…