A patient recently came in to our dermatology clinic with a rash and a story similar to so many others. He had been out camping with...
With unprecedented heatwaves and wildfires, reminders of the profound disruptions brought about by climate change are all around us. With fires ravaging parts of Canada from British...
Reptiles are all the rage. Mochi the bearded dragon is a viral sensation, with over 1.8 million views on YouTube. Meanwhile, Chris Pratt is singing to...
You take a bite out of your midday apple and it’s just perfect: the right amount of crunch, juice, sweet and sour. You imagine saving its...
Driven largely by the expansion of farm land to meet increasing global demand for products such as soya bean, over 810,000 km² of forest in the...
Spring 2060. In dark glasses, a wide sunhat and with what little exposed skin left caked in sun cream, a child stares at the woodland across...
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report underscored the dire state of the climate crisis, concluding that “immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse...
There is abundant evidence that changes in the climate, both increased temperature and reduced precipitation, are making wildfires worse in the western U.S. The relationship between...
Our daily use of plastic products is having direct consequences on the health of animals. Roughly one per cent of plastic waste ends up in aquatic...
Canada faces a daunting challenge to achieve its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of net-zero by 2050 and the recently increased target of 40 to...