When it comes to protecting the biodiversity of our oceans, Canada has fallen behind most other developed countries according to the final report by an expert panel convened by the Royal Society of Canada.
The report, released Feb. 2, examines the effects of fisheries, fish farming, and climate change on Canada’s oceans, and assesses the Government’s response to these threats.
Speaking at an online press conference, Jeffrey Hutchings, the chair of the expert panel and the Canada research ...
Posted by Samia Madwar on Thursday, February 02, 2012
Picture sitting in a swaying boat, just metres away from the edge of an iceberg that's threatening to tip over and force a giant wave in your general direction. The iceberg is beautiful, the wind is chilled and eerie sounds emanate seemingly from the ice itself. On a shore nearby, a polar bear watches. Fortunately, the animal isn't close to your camp on the shore — yet. But, like the falling ice chunks, it poses a danger that keeps you on edge. Despite the dangers, you have to focus, because now, ...
It may be illegal but burning agricultural waste plastics, like grain storage bags and twine, is still a common occurrence in Canada. In a lot of cases farmers just don’t have a lot of other options. Earlier this month an article published in the journal Science listed banning the burning of agricultural waste as one of 14 methods that could significantly reduce global warming by 2050.
The article suggests that by targeting greenhouse gases methane and black carbon, more commonly known as ...
Posted by James Raffan on Friday, January 27, 2012
No ice here. Just a green, green, green, island and water from here to the pole. Yearly average temperature here ranges from just -5ºC to +9ºC. The sea never freezes. Gyda Birnisdöttir and her family live right on the Arctic Circle — or "Heimskautsbaugur” — on Grimsey, a tiny (5 sq. km) island in the Greenland Sea and the only part of Iceland that touches 66º33’ North. Visitors come to Grimsey by ferry from the mainland and by air (if the planes can find a space amongst the circling Arctic ...
