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Resilient planet. Image credit: Unsplash/NASA After a busy year for the global environmental agenda, starting with the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) and ending with the …
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This week, Azerbaijan has hosted the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP29. Its main objectives are to agree on a financial framework for climate change mitigation and …
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Glaciers around the world are shrinking at an alarming rate, threatening sea-level rise, water availability, biodiversity, and ecosystem stability. A new study led by researchers from ETH Zurich and Vrije Universiteit Brussel …
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#TemperatureRise, #Temperature, #ClimateRise, #ClimateChange More than two billion people currently living in cities could be exposed to an additional temperature increase of at least 0.5 degrees Celsius by 2040, a new UN report …
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If Earth’s history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31. During the Proterozoic Eon—2.5 billion years to 543 million …
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Vienna: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organized the first Climate Adaptation Week from 14 to 17 October 2024. The event featured training sessions that brought together leading global …
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Jellyfish exist in lakes here in Canada. These organisms are related to saltwater jellyfish (Cnidaria), only much smaller. The reasons why more people are suddenly becoming aware of these creatures …
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Bowhead whales are the longest-lived mammals on Earth with some able to live hundreds of years. What’s more, Inuit hunters have observed these whales breaking ice over half a meter thick—ice strong …
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A pair of studies by researchers in Simon Fraser University’s School of Environmental Science examine how climate change could alter the way Canadian rivers respond to extreme heat events. In …
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Oct. 16 marks World Food Day, a global initiative drawing attention to the “right to foods for a better life and a better future.” However, Canada’s food and agricultural policies are …
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