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7 articles from CBC - Technology & Science News
Rise in sea level from ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica match worst-case scenario: study
A recent study says melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are the main contributor to sea level rise around the world and the rate of their melt matches the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's worst-case climate warming...
Increased warming closing in on Paris climate agreement temperature limit, UN report finds
The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations...
Why more municipalities are putting radio-frequency tags on garbage bins
Tiny tags are allowing Canadian municipalities to track residents' trash with increasing...
Northern Quebec wildlife officials rely on Cree to provide crucial data on wildlife
The information collected from the 'Citizen Scientist' initiative will be used to help identify critical habitats, rare species, invasive species, as well as changes in population and migration of species important to Cree cultural...
How Ottawa hopes to supercharge Canada's hydrogen fuel sector
For decades, hydrogen has been referred to as the fuel of the future. But that might change this fall if the federal government releases its hydrogen fuel strategy as...
Testing sewage for COVID-19 could be 'early warning' system, Ontario researchers hope
A team of researchers at an Ontario university is monitoring wastewater in hope of giving public health units around the province a COVID-19 early warning...
Late-stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine paused after patient experiences 'unexplained illness'
Late-stage studies of a possible COVID-19 vaccine are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a report of a patient with a serious side effect is linked to the...