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8 articles from CBC - Technology & Science News
Polytechnique Montreal's 'White Rose' winner encourages female-led fight against climate change
By promoting better representation of women in engineering and keeping the fight against climate change at the heart of her goals, Willow Dew was awarded the seventh edition of Polytechnique Montréal's Order of the White Rose...
How Indigenous pipeline resistance keeps emissions in the ground
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore how Indigenous resistance is keeping carbon emissions out of the atmosphere and learn that there is a pecking order among birds when it comes to being...
UN resolution to reduce black carbon hailed as 'good first step' for Arctic
The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has adopted a voluntary measure calling for the use of cleaner fuels by ships operating in the Arctic, to encourage the reduction of black carbon emissions in Arctic...
$2.6M road project abandoned to protect frog, now Quebec advocates want damage undone
The municipal construction project, more than a decade in the making, was brought to a screeching halt by federal decree late last month to protect the western chorus frog, a threatened species under the Species at Risk...
Aging accelerates for frogs and toads in warmer climates, study finds
A new study has found that higher temperatures mean faster aging and shorter lifespans for frogs and toads. That adds to evidence that cold-blooded animals may face accelerated aging and a shortened lifespan as climate change heats up the...
Welcome to the new tradition of Christmas tree shortages
With fewer trees being planted, older farmers retiring and extreme weather becoming more frequent, here's how Canada's Christmas tree crops could be in...
Daily heat records smashed throughout B.C.'s Okanagan as subtropical winds whip through region
Penticton reached 22.1 C on Wednesday, over 10 degrees warmer than the previous record for Dec. 1, and just shy of the all-time Canadian temperature record for the month.
Oil and gas industry must pay for abandoned well cleanup, new Alberta rules say
Alberta's oil and gas regulator has rolled out new rules aimed at addressing the growing problem of inactive and abandoned wells in the province, but critics say the industry should be forced to do even more to clean up after...