Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Bob Weber
Greenhouses gas causing Canadian Arctic seas to acidify quicker: report
Research suggests that greenhouse gases are turning Canada's Arctic waters acidic at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North.
The ground thaws and swallows: Study says permafrost melting faster than thought
Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is melting so fast that it's gulping up the equipment left there to study it.
Experts say no government can bring back Alberta bitumen boom
Some of Canada's top energy thinkers — as well as international experts — warn there's no pedal any premier can stomp to make that engine rev like it used to.
Global ocean group to study possible toxic splashdowns of space debris
A global agency that sets rules for the seas is studying the environmental effects of more and more rocket stages that may contain toxic fuel dropping into the world's oceans.
Calgary UCP candidate resigns after report on her comments about race
A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election who resigned over online comments she reportedly made about white nationalists is begging people to lower the temperature of political debate.
Researchers look to artificial intelligence programs to predict wildfires
Researchers and forest managers are turning to artificial intelligence in the hope it can help them predict the risk of catastrophic wildfires as climate change continues to rewrite the rule book.
N.W.T., federal government reach deal on caribou conservation plans
Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have reached a deal on protecting threatened caribou.
Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study
An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species — kill more wolves and moose and pen pregnant cows.
Government delays threaten N.W.T. satellite data industry: company
A Norwegian company with millions of dollars invested in the Canadian North is weeks away from losing a major contract in the emerging space satellite industry because of a lengthy government delay.
Alienated: Alberta project seeks to find common language on climate change
Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one — and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists that they have more in common than they thought.