Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Here are Environment Canada's Top 10 weather stories of 2020
It was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast, says Environment Canada's senior climatologist.
Tipping point? Experts say the Paris Agreement changed the climate on climate
Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change.
Scientists predict Prairie climate to become drier, grassier and fiery
Federal scientists are predicting a hot, dry and fiery future for the Prairies.
Studies show Canadian banks not so green on climate change
International analyses suggest Canadian financiers are oiling the wheels of the fossil fuel industry at a far greater rate than their peers.
Widespread lake drainage on tundra another sign of climate change, researchers say
Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what's in store for Canada's North.
Ottawa announces $50M for research into fisheries ecosystems
The federal government has announced more than $50 million for research into marine and freshwater ecosystems across Canada.
Many loopholes in international ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping: environmentalists
Environmental groups say a new ban on a highly polluting shipping fuel in Arctic waters is full of gaps and Canada should not make use of loopholes in the new regulations for heavy fuel oil.
Climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought, study shows
Emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from Canada's oilpatch are nearly twice as high as previously thought, says newly published federal research.
Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study
Humans first caught the virus that causes COVID-19 from animals and research now suggests it could also be the other way around.