About "Environment & Nature"
News about climate change and other environmental issues and the people and organizations behind the science.
Millions of sharks are killed each year for their fins. A bill currently before the House of Commons proposes to ban the import and export of shark fins in Canada. (Photo: Albert Kok/Wikimedia Commons)
Aili Keskitalo, the president of the Sami Parliament of Norway, speaks at the "State of the Arctic" session at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway. (Photo: Terje Mortensen/Arctic Frontiers 2019)
An aerial view of the Wind River, the headwaters of the Peel River watershed in the Yukon. (Photo: David McGuffin)
A wall of colourful sponges and anemones in the American Bank Marine Protected Area. (Photo: Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility/ROPOS, Oceana Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Transient killer whales might struggle if their prey base is cut in half. (Photo: Robert Pittman/NOAA)
Waves crash along the coast during a winter storm in the Tofino region. (Photo: Mark Hobson/Wickaninnish Inn)
Jocelyn Joe-Strack’s tour of Canadian embassies in Europe begins Feb. 12. (Photo: Allistair Maitland)
Jean-Michel Cousteau scuba dives on a shipwreck while filming Wonders of the Sea 3D. (Photo: Pacific Northwest Pictures )
A 2010 lunar eclipse, similar to the super moon expected tonight. (Photo: David Howard)
Billions of cubic metres of Canadian fresh water are poured into agricultural and industrial processes and products — like the ingredients in this hamburger — that are then shipped to different watersheds or countries. We’re losing more water than we're gaining, experts say. (Illustration: Kat Barqueiro/Can Geo)
