Canadian e-waste has tripled, new study finds
New research finds that Canada’s electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has more than tripled in the last two decades, the equivalent of filling the CN tower 110 times and generating …
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Alberta’s continued battle with wildfires causes displacement of about 30,000 people
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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WMO annual report highlights continuous advance of climate change
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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Harmful fisheries subsidies are leading to more fishing vessels chasing fewer fish: Study
Fish aren’t impacted by borders, and neither are the subsidized fishing fleets that follow them. A recent UBC study quantified the number of harmful fisheries subsidies that support fishing in …
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Research aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall events
With recent extreme weather events happening in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, new research published in Nature Geoscience aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall and provide the public with earlier warnings …
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CGAPP launches all India sustainability helpline to track Ganga river’s plastic pollution
Rishikesh/IBNS: Centre for Global Affairs and Public Policy (CGAPP), a nonprofit organisation, and Switcheko, a startup, launched a unique all India sustainability helpline (91) 9705100017 to address queries related to …
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Emergence of Hands-on training prog for school children on organic farming, vermicomposting
Guwahati/IBNS: The emergence of a worldwide effort advocating for organic farming to reduce usage of chemical fertilizers and sustain the environment, comprising clean air and water, has prompted a research-based …
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Geoffrey Hinton warns about dangers of Artificial Intelligence, quits Google
London: Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI), recently quit his job at Google and even warned about the growing dangers of the field. Geoffrey Hinton, …
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Chinese Mars rover makes leading-edge discovery: Traces of recent water activity found on Red Planet
IBNS: The Zhurong rover, a fully automated robot from China that arrived on Mars in 2021, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting signs of recent water activity on the …
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‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here: Study identifies the regions most at risk
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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