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Education minister to make announcement amid back-to-school plan criticism
Education Minister Stephen Lecce is set to make an announcement at Queen's Park today at 3:45 p.m., amid criticism over the province's back-to-school plan from parents and teachers alike.
Restoration helps forests recover faster
Actively restored forests recover above ground biomass faster than areas left to regenerate naturally after being logged, according to a long-term study on Borneo lowland rainforest.
A watershed moment for US water quality
A new federal rule that determines how the Clean Water Act is implemented leaves millions of miles of streams and acres of wetlands unprotected based on selective interpretation of case...
Reconstructing global climate through Earth's history
Accurate temperature estimates of ancient oceans are vital because they are the best tool for reconstructing global climate conditions in the past. While climate models provide scenarios of what the...
Contaminants from Mount Polley tailings spill continue to affect Quesnel Lake
Natural mixing of lake waters may resuspend contaminants deposited in a catastrophic mine spill six years ago, according to a new paper led by a University of Alberta scientist.
NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery reveals development of Tropical Storm Josephine
The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season was named today, Aug. 13, after NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime image of the storm.
Fossil fuels not the only source of deadly air pollution, study says
Burning fossil fuels account for about 100,000 air pollution-related deaths in the United States each year -- but there are other less obvious sources of deadly air pollution, a new...
Watch: Boar swims out of Baltic Sea, causes beach chaos
A peaceful day on a German beach turned to chaos when a wild boar swam out of the Baltic Sea and ran loose through crowds of sunbathers.
Watch: BTS reflects in 'Break the Silence: The Movie' trailer
BTS released a preview of "Break the Silence: The Movie," a new film about the K-pop group's "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" tour.
President Donald Trump brokers historic deal to normalize ties between Israel, UAE
Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to full normalization of relations, with Israel suspending its efforts to annex parts of the West Bank.
Eagle sends drone to 'watery grave' in 'brazen attack' over Lake Michigan
Michigan state officials said a drone mapping shoreline erosion in the Upper Peninsula was sent to a "watery grave" in a "brazen attack" by a bald eagle.
Tropical Storm Josephine forms, shatters another Atlantic hurricane season record
Tropical Storm Josephine developed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and is forecast to produce gusty winds and downpours in parts of the Leeward Islands this weekend before it runs...
California on the cusp of reining in COVID-19 surge, data show
Statewide in California, the transmission rate of COVID-19 has stabilized or is falling, and hospitalization rates are also dropping.
Contaminants from Mount Polley tailings spill continue to affect Quesnel lake
Natural mixing of lake waters may re-suspend contaminants deposited in a catastrophic mine spill six years ago, according to a new article.
Active restoration accelerates the carbon recovery of human-modified tropical forests
More than half of all tropical forests are degraded by human impacts, leaving them threatened with conversion to agricultural plantations and risking substantial biodiversity and carbon losses. Restoration could accelerate...
Trophic pyramids reorganize when food web architecture fails to adjust to ocean change
As human activities intensify, the structures of ecosystems and their food webs often reorganize. Through the study of mesocosms harboring a diverse benthic coastal community, we reveal that food web...
Spread of monsoon circulation changes explains uncertainty in global land monsoon precipitation projection
Researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the projected uncertainty of the precipitation increase over global land monsoon regions by the...
Sustainable nylon production made possible by bacteria discovery
Nylon manufacture could be revolutionized by the discovery that bacteria can make a key chemical involved in the process, without emitting harmful greenhouse gases.
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return
Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet...
Restoring degraded tropical forests generates big carbon gains
More than half of the world's aboveground carbon is stored in tropical forests, the degradation of which poses a direct threat to global climate regulation. Deforestation removes aboveground carbon in...
Scientists decry federal rule that removes protection from 'unconnected' streams and wetlands
A new federal rule that determines how the Clean Water Act is implemented leaves millions of miles of streams and acres of wetlands unprotected based on selective interpretation of case...
Israel halts West Bank annexation, agrees to normalization with UAE
Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to full normalization of relations, with Israel suspending its efforts to annex parts of the West Bank.
NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery helps confirm Elida now post-tropical
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a night-time image of Elida in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that helped confirm the storm had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.
Watch: Anglers rescue drowning moose in Lake Superior
A pair of Ontario men out fishing in a boat ended up rescuing a moose struggling to keep its head above the waters of Lake Superior.
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return
Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet...
Famed climate scientist Konrad Steffen dies on Greenland expedition
Renowned Swiss-American glacier expert and climate scientist Konrad Steffen has died in an accident while performing field work in Greenland, his research institute said. He was 68.
You’ll never want to leave bed with these breathable sheets
Sleep more comfortably. (Jilbert Ebrahimi via Unsplash/)The best part of sleeping? Snuggling into soft, silky, cozy sheets. The worst part? Waking up in the middle of night hot and uncomfortable due to lack...
Watch: Family rescues dog swimming 4 miles off shore in Lake Michigan
A family boating on Lake Michigan conducted an unusual rescue when they found a dog swimming 4 miles from shore.