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Alberta/CMEDIA: Dry vegetation, record temperatures and powerful winds: this “perfect storm” of weather phenomena fueled the massive forest fires in western Canada’s Alberta province this year, according to researchers. The …
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Alberta Wildfires representational image by Kym Mackinnon on unsplash Alberta/CMEDIA: A change in weather conditions in Canada’s Alberta facilitated firefighters to fight wildfires which had displaced approximately 30,000 Albertans this past week, …
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From mountain peaks to ocean depths, climate change continued its advance in 2022, according to the annual report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Droughts, floods and heatwaves affected communities …
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Fraser River near Lytton in British Columbia. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In the summer of 2021, Canada’s all-time temperature record was smashed by almost 5℃. Its new record of 49.6℃ …
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Avalanche Representational Image by Krzysztof Kowalik on Unsplash Vancouver/IBNS: With dramatic rising temperatures due to winter transitioning to spring, backcountry users across western Canada have been warned of dangerous avalanche conditions. Avalanche …
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Botanists and paleontologists, led by researchers from CU Boulder, have identified a fossil chili pepper that may rewrite the geography and evolutionary timeline of the tomato plant family. The team’s …
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In a Chinese study published in National Science Review and led by Prof. Yongyun Hu (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, China), the authors combined geological records …
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Representative image of Ice storm on Unsplash by Sigmund Montreal/CMEDIA: Over one million customers were still without power on Thursday morning, and some of them are likely to stay without …
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Parts of Southern Ontario could be hit Wednesday by a potentially powerful weather system that could bring a severe thunderstorm threat, Enviornment Canada reported. The storm will look very different …
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A resolution adopted this week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York is being hailed as a victory for climate justice. The resolution means that the UN General Assembly will …
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