climate change

For Emily Brown, it feels pretty good to be Conservative.

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

What I’ve come to terms with is that those in power (read: fossil fuel executives and politicians) know what must be done to prevent the worst of climate change, writes columnist Auston Chhor. They just won’t do it.

From Commonwealth heads of government to the World Trade Organization, women leaders are driving real progress despite formidable challenges. But they remain exceptions rather than the norm.

An artwork by renowned Canadian artist Tom Thomson at the National Gallery in Ottawa was splattered with paint on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, as part of a protest against the federal government's response to wildfires.

Publisher Springer Nature says the 2022 article is "not supported by available evidence" as its editors launch an investigation.

Two-week work cycles. Shifts that can last up to 18 hours. Sleeping in tents or gymnasiums far from home. Dangerous and unpredictable work environments.

As a guiding elder for Vancouver’s Society Promoting Environmental Conservation, Carole Christopher is convinced many older people can provide a well of wisdom for young people, their organizations and society. 

Canada's current wildfire season is devastating evidence of the effects of climate change, scientists say, but for some conspiracy theorists, the thousands of square kilometres of burnt ground isn't enough to convince them.

It was Tuesday, Aug. 8, and in the town of Lahaina in West Maui, people were screaming and running as the sky rained embers. 

As Canada struggles through its worst fire season in recorded history, a new survey suggests protecting forests remains one issue that unites most Canadians no matter who they are or where they live.

Published by the World Weather Attribution, an international collaboration of scientists who study how climate change and extreme weather events interact, the study also found climate change made the fire-prone weather about 20 to 50 per cent more intense.

A natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up tropical storm Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada, scientists figure.

Physicians and medical schools around the world are tailoring their approach to public health as climate-related illnesses rise.

Unrelenting logging and fossil fuel burning have flipped one of the planet's largest forests from a critical CO2 sink into a surging CO2 source. This year's climate-fuelled wildfires are the latest acceleration in a multi-decade trend, writes Barry Saxifrage.