Let forests grow old to store huge amounts of carbon
A new report says cutting emissions should still be a key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting.
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Canada is ‘among the worst’ for pesticide rules
Canada falls behind nearly 90 per cent of countries in the world when it comes to banning harmful pesticides, including the European Union and Brazil.
Environmental agreement aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030
The agreement was signed between the federal and British Columbia governments and the Indigenous-led First Nations Leadership Council.
Cooking oil has a deforestation problem. A startup says it can fix that
Palm and soy are taking over the world's cropland. Enter Zero Acre Farms.
Time to have the roadkill talk
It’s the environmental problem no one is paying attention to, argues Ben Goldfarb in his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.
Global heating and the curious case of shrinking fish
An analysis of thousands of species finds some invertebrates and plants are also getting smaller, while others are increasing in body size.
Inside the fight to revolutionize Calgary's green space
Calgary's biodiversity advisory committee works to restore indigenous plant life to green space, challenging city administration, private landholders and residents to change Calgary’s approach to urban development in an effort to increase resilience to the effects of climate change.
Human activities affect wildlife — even in nature reserves
New research finds that tropical mammals suffer the impact of deforestation even if they live in protected areas.
Trudeau meets Nordic leaders in Iceland to talk Arctic and global security
Arctic security and Russia's invasion of Ukraine were top of mind on Sunday, June 25, 2023, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Iceland for a two-day summit with Nordic leaders.
Secret to saving species is blowing in the wind
Scientists just figured out that thousands of air-quality stations have been accidentally gathering invaluable DNA data on local organisms.
From wildfires to logging: What we really lose if we lose the trees
We disrupt the current programming of the “wildfire season” to tell you that those trees, the TMX pipeline and those ancient fires are connected.
B.C. launches blueprint to fend off climate’s ‘one-two punch’ on the ocean
B.C. has created a new plan to tackle the twin spectres of ocean acidification and dwindling oxygen levels seen as leading climate threats for coastal communities, marine ecosystems and industry along the West Coast.
Inuit communities forge a path to sustainable wealth
For World Ocean Day, it's important to celebrate and showcase world-leading conservation projects, like those happening in Canada.
Many new species are already gone
Scientists are increasingly seeing evidence of “dark extinction” in museum and botanical garden collections.