Climate change
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'I'm optimistic': Uncertainty surrounds Canada's proposal on zero plastics waste at G7
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Rex Murphy: In Newfoundland, climate change (from bad to worse) is a given
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Study claims climate change is having a 'devastating' effect on the nutrition of rice
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David Reevely: Doug Ford's pledge to cut gas taxes the latest in Ontario's climate-change omnishambles
U.S. judge throws out climate change lawsuits against big oil
San Francisco and Oakland accused oil majors of long knowing that fossil fuels posed serious risks to the environment, but still promoting them
UN climate talks stalled as developing countries demand long-promised $100 billion aid from richer nations
The holdup threatens to unravel three years of work on the Paris Agreement, which set out an ambition to limit fossil-fuel pollution in all nations
WatchEarth just crossed another troubling climate change threshold and is moving into 'dangerous territory'
For the first time since humans have been monitoring, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have exceeded 410 parts per million averaged across an entire month
A frigid spring for U.S. and Canada, but the rest of the world sweltered in planet's third-hottest April
It was Europe's warmest April on record and Australia notched its second-warmest April on record. The Arctic was also substantially warmer than normal
Humpback whales were nearly hunted into extinction — but now they're making a comeback
In recent years, female humpbacks who live and breed near Antarctica have been having high pregnancy rates and giving birth to more calves
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With Trump backing out, Canada and France promise to double down on fight against climate change
The partnership comes as Emmanuel Macron has taken it upon himself to personally champion the Paris deal since Trump made good on his threat to withdraw -
The Atlantic Ocean's circulation hasn't been this sluggish in 1,000 years, scientists say
The current is partly why Western Europe enjoys temperate weather, and meteorologists are linking changes in North Atlantic ocean temperatures to recent heat waves -
Canadian zoologist accused of co-opting polar bears to deny warming calls it ‘academic rape’
The authors of a paper in the journal BioScience say Susan Crockford is among climate change denialists sowing misinformation about the bears -
The melting Arctic is already messing with a crucial part of the ocean's circulation, scientists say
Reports say sea ice is melting at the fastest pace in 1,500 years at the top of the world
Antarctic glaciers' collapse could cause sea levels to rise more than a metre: 'Humanity cannot afford to wait'
As oceans rise, this could trigger the collapse of the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet and submerge coastal towns far from the South PoleContinue Reading →
'Crazy, crazy stuff': Arctic sea ice loses an area three times the size of Nova Scotia in warmest winter ever
It's been so warm that the land weather station closest to the North Pole — at Greenland's tip — spent 60 hours above freezing in FebruaryContinue Reading →
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'We're all in': Environment minister says Canada will meet Paris climate targets despite emissions gap
The proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion is expected to increase emissions, but the government says this has been factored in -
Polar bears are warmer than Londoners: Seven signs the Arctic is undergoing a freakish heat wave
Puddles are forming at the North Pole -
Cities ramming through climate change policies despite limited tools and mounting costs for consumers
Cities are implementing their own bylaws, setting their own targets and joining global climate initiatives without thinking about the cost impact on residents
The next five years will shape sea-level rise for the next 300, study says
Because emissions today impel rising seas over centuries, the researchers were able to calculate a surprisingly large impact of present choices on sea levelsContinue Reading →
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John Ivison: Scheer’s climate policy alienating potential new Conservative voters
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Head of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asks: Is global warming really a bad thing?
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The Arctic is full of toxic mercury, and climate change is going to release it
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David Reevely: Patrick Brown's final gift to his party is a bloodbath over carbon taxes
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It's the 'climate change' diet: As Arctic sea ice thins, so do polar bears
In Piers Morgan interview, Donald Trump hints he'd be open to remaining in Paris climate pact
Scrubbing aerosol particles from the atmosphere ‘a Faustian bargain,’ study finds
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Geoengineering could reverse climate change but might have dire effects if abruptly stopped: study
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The year 2017 was the second hottest on record, U.S. government scientists say
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Climate scientists now say worst-case — and best-case — scenarios may never happen
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In the Arctic, a song of less ice and more fire: Why the north is burning
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Rex Murphy: Too frigid for global warming? This is why they rebranded it ‘climate change’
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Ocean dead zones getting worse: Oxygen levels in sea are dropping, choking large areas, studies say
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Large Antarctic snowfall increases could actually counter sea level rise, scientists say
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Canada still on pace to fall short of Paris target, despite ambitious climate policies: UN filings