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- 23/11/29 11:00
The land-based salmon farm is the only one in North America with zero waste discharge thanks to its proprietary water filtration system which constantly recirculates water on...
The land-based salmon farm is the only one in North America with zero waste discharge thanks to its proprietary water filtration system which constantly recirculates water on...
A research team made up of Canadian scientists and researchers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has documented the first known cases of a deadlier strain of mpox spreading through sexual...
TUESDAY 28. NOVEMBER 2023
A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet flying from London to New York powered by 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel took off Tuesday morning, as the aviation world seeks to showcase the potential of low-carbon options to secure its...
MONDAY 27. NOVEMBER 2023
In 1999, researchers captured the first confirmed footage of a deepsea anglerfish — bobbing around belly-up just above the ocean’s floor. Now, more than two decades later, scientists can say for certain the phenomenon goes beyond "one wonky...
A team of engineers at the Université de Moncton is fine-tuning an algorithm that works with satellite and drone images to detect fires more accurately than humans. The technology also predicts where a blaze will spread, helping firefighters know where to send...
SUNDAY 26. NOVEMBER 2023
Enjoying the relatively dry, balmy fall? There may be more to come, say experts, thanks to El Niño making its return after a nearly eight-year...
The families living here probably have no idea of the specialness of the intersection outside their door: 3,178.5 kilometres in each direction, the equator and the North Pole come to meet at this quaint...
SATURDAY 25. NOVEMBER 2023
Pregnant individuals face “extreme health risks from climate catastrophes,” according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations...
FRIDAY 24. NOVEMBER 2023
A common serotine bat's penis is seven times longer and wider than the female genital tract. A researcher who specializes in bat reproduction explains how the bats get the deed...
Councillors and others from Ignace, Ont., were in Finland this month and took an elevator hundreds of metres underground to tour the world's first long-term geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. Representatives from South Bruce in southwestern Ontario have also made the trip. Costs were all covered by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which will decide which of the two regions...
A wild turkey has been caught and relocated to the wilderness after months of evading capture and gaining notoriety in West Orange,...
THURSDAY 23. NOVEMBER 2023
Jeremy Hansen will be the first Canadian to fly to the moon in November 2024. As he prepares for his mission he reflects on the fear he feels, the strain on his family and how his love of space...
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the struggle to reduce plastic use in the sale of produce and why climate scientists think their warnings are becoming repetitive yet remain utterly...
Wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create a "super pig" that's spreading out of...
WEDNESDAY 22. NOVEMBER 2023
A humpback whale died earlier this month after beaching itself on Sable Island. The whale had been previously sighted over 40 years...