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In the News   |   May 1, 2018

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The Liberal government defended its carbon-pricing plan Monday, with an analysis that concludes the federal and provincial levies would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 megatonnes by 2022, the equivalent of shutting down... read more

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In the News   |   April 25, 2018

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A University of Alberta decision to award David Suzuki an honourary degree during a fever-pitched national debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has struck an angry chord with the province’s land-locked energy industry and... read more

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Articles of Interest   |   April 23, 2018

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A Harvard scientist whose work has shown that climate change could make food less nutritious will be the inaugural recipient of the Arrell Global Food Innovation research award. Over the past decade, Sam Myers has... read more

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Cartoons   |   April 18, 2018

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Unseasonal blasts of ice storms and high winds have produced dangerous conditions in many areas.

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In the News   |   April 16, 2018

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In the 1970s, James Hansen was a NASA scientist working on a mission to study Venus when he became curious about the changing composition of Earth’s atmosphere. By 1981, that curiosity led to some of... read more

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Lesson Plans   |   April 6, 2018

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This article describes the development of the most detailed map yet of fisheries around the world, which reveals that the industrial fishing industry is gargantuan and is a threat to its own viability. In an... read more

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In the News   |   March 23, 2018

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Newfoundland’s legendary northern cod stocks have suffered a major decline in the past year, despite having made a remarkable comeback over the last decade. Scientists with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans revealed on... read more

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Lesson Plans   |   March 15, 2018

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This article outlines the dire situation in Cape Town, South Africa, that may require the city to initiate what it calls “Day Zero” and shut off all water supplies to residents, restricting them to 25... read more

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In the News   |   February 22, 2018

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With the help of big data and technology originally designed to prevent ships from colliding, a team of researchers has stitched together the most detailed map yet of fisheries around the globe, which sheds light... read more

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In the News   |   February 9, 2018

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The Liberal government has unveiled its plan to overhaul the assessment process for major resource projects, saying added environmental protections are needed to restore public trust in Ottawa’s approval of controversial pipelines, mines and hydro... read more

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In the News   |   February 5, 2018

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Emergency steps to slash water consumption have given a reprieve to Cape Town, allowing the city to postpone its much-feared “Day Zero” – the day when it would become the world’s first major city to... read more

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Lesson Plans   |   February 2, 2018

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This article chronicles the increase in bleaching which is occurring to coral reefs around the world and outlines the seriousness of these events on the myriad of species which rely so heavily on the reefs.... read more

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In the News   |   January 18, 2018

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Cape Town, one of the biggest cities in South Africa and a famed tourist attraction, is warning its residents that they will soon have to queue for water. The drought-stricken city announced on Thursday that... read more

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Lesson Plans   |   January 8, 2018

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This article outlines the reaction of some of the provinces to the federal government’s stated intention to impose a carbon tax on January 19, 2019 on any province that does not meet Ottawa’s standards on... read more

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In the News   |   January 4, 2018

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Scientists have a new and ominous way of quantifying the devastating effect of climate change on the world’s coral reefs. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, an international team of researchers looked... read more

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