Canada's Climate Daily

Wildfires in N.L. are yet another sign we must move faster on climate change

Like many jurisdictions, temperatures in Newfoundland and Labrador have been trending upward and extreme weather has been more frequent.

How has federal protection helped Lake Superior?

Experts say that while creating a national marine conservation area raises awareness about the lake’s pristine nature, it doesn’t stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

Trumpism 2.0 and what it means for Canada

If the disinformation disseminator-in-chief starts to ratchet things up over the next few years, it won’t just be Americans who will be worse off for it, writes columnist Supriya Dwivedi.

Carbon offsets alone won’t make air travel climate-friendly

Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot to nitrogen oxides.

Casting lines to feed wildfire-abandoned pets

MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning. The call comes after environmental group Protect the Planet documented salmon dying near a Trans Mountain worksite in Hope, B.C., last week.

Poland investigates catastrophic fish die-off

Poland has deployed soldiers to help clean up the Oder River, which runs along the border with Germany, after 10 tons of dead fish surfaced from the waterway in what one official described as an “ecological catastrophe.”

Europe's drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops

Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France’s Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux.

Climate change may make fires in Newfoundland more common

Forest fires that have been burning for more than two weeks in central Newfoundland could be a sign of what’s to come as the province feels the impacts of climate change, a local climatologist says.