Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know

Survey shows Canadians fear losing Arctic territory without stronger action

By Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic, @arctic_eq, CBC News, RCI Even before President-elect Donald Trump sparked global headlines with his public musings about buying Greenland and...

Before we “axe the tax,” a quick lesson in history and physics

By Thomas F. Pedersen, Policy Options Pierre Poilievre, please take note. An aspiring prime minister whose centrepiece mantra is to axe Canada’s carbon tax would be...

Five ways to make aviation more sustainable right now

By Mark Maslin, UCL; Iain Hanson, UCL; The Conversation Many of us feel guilt when we fly because it is a very obvious source of carbon emissions....

How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California

By Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles; The Conversation Powerful Santa Ana winds, near hurricane strength at times, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles...

Global warming harms Earth’s water cycle: report

By Anadolu, Philippine News Agency ISTANBUL – Climate change has significantly disrupted the Earth’s water cycle, leading to a surge in severe water-related disasters, a report...

Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already be hurting animals that are grazers

By Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution; The Conversation More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants...

Priorities may change, but energy efficiency remains a solution

By James Gaede, Policy Options A new report by Efficiency Canada finds that provinces and territories are ramping up their efforts to improve energy efficiency and...

Play for the planet: five climate change games for the festive season

By Lynda Dunlop, University of York; Prasad Sandbhor, University of York; The Conversation Although most people in the UK are worried about climate change, disagreement about what...

New data from ‘the last ice area’ may help long-term conservation efforts in the Arctic

By Mathieu Ardyna, Université Laval and Juliette Provencher, Université Laval, The Conversation Earlier this year our international team of scientists from the Refuge Arctic consortium departed...