Peatland folklore lent us will-o-the-wisps and jack-o-lanterns, and can inspire climate action today

In northern European cultural and literary traditions, peatlands — an umbrella term for various types of bogs, fens and moors — all have associations with fear,...

COP26: 4 ways rich nations can keep promises to curb emissions and fund climate adaptation

The time has come for Canada and other rich nations to pony-up and pay for the devastation they have caused countries in the Global South. That...

What Europe’s exceptionally low winds mean for the future energy grid

Through summer and early autumn 2021, Europe experienced a long period of dry conditions and low wind speeds. The beautifully bright and still weather may have...

Extreme rain heads for California’s wildfire burn scars, raising risk of mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like

A powerful storm system known as an atmospheric river is heading for northern California and Oregon, a region in the midst of an historic drought. While...

Sorry Boris Johnson, the UK will not become the Qatar of hydrogen

“Britain will become the Qatar of hydrogen,” Boris Johnson declared as the government laid out its 368-page strategy for reaching net zero emissions by 2050. It...

Companies operating at sea must embrace conservation and sustainability — and not wait to be forced into it

Eco-art, design and architecture can be agents of environmental change in the public realm

Many of us are aware of the environmental crisis, and the need to change how we operate. On a daily basis, a variety of media offer...

To be resilient, the Canadian Prairie needs lots of wetlands

When many Canadians think of the Prairies, they envision beautiful endless landscapes of agricultural fields stretching across the horizon, perfect for a photo-op on a cross-country...

A test to diagnose psychopaths can help identify fish behaviours that could benefit aquaculture

In November 1888, fear stalked the streets of London as the Whitechapel Murderer claimed his latest victim. The unusually gruesome attacks had puzzled investigators, so police...

A new fossil discovery may add hundreds of millions of years to the evolutionary history of animals

Ever wonder how and when animals swanned onto the evolutionary stage? When, where and why did animals first appear? What were they like? Life has existed...