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Earth's frozen 'water towers' threatened by warming, population growth, report says
Water frozen at the tops of mountains that helps sustain up to a quarter of the human population is under threat from climate change, population growth and lack of proper management, according to a new international study.
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Chad Pawson
Canada -British Columbia ||
New Zealand volcano eruption leaves 5 dead, 8 unaccounted for
Five people are dead and eight are unaccounted for after a volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday. Recovery teams still aren't able to access the island amid concerns about safety.
World ||
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Climate scientists struggle with cutting their own carbon footprints
Some climate scientists and activists are limiting their flying, their consumption of meat and their overall carbon footprints to avoid adding to the global warming they study. But that comes at a cost, and the issue divides the scientific community.
Technology & Science ||
CBC EXPLAINS
What are the northern lights?
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Katherine Barton
Canada -North ||
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Get ready for the most active meteor shower of the year
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Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
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This library's AI chatbot can help you pick a book and stream movies
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Helen Pike
Canada -Calgary ||
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Use less road salt to protect Ontario ecosystem, urges WWF
Canada -Toronto |
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Ancient Indigenous people made durable rock paint from lake goo
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Runner's video records avalanche barrelling toward him at Lake Louise
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
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Online watchdog keeping tabs on federal environmental promises
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Anjuli Patil
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Bob McDonald's blog
Climate models have been right all along, new study says
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Nobel Prize laureates — including Winnipeg-born James Peebles — urge action on climate change
Canada -Manitoba ||
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NASA's mission to touch the sun reveals 'rogue waves' and flipping magnetic fields
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Canada's cyber intelligence agency is helping the U.K. protect its election
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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How engineers of the Montreal Massacre generation are changing the world
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Emily Chung
Technology & Science ||
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'Heading towards a climate reckoning': Victoria wants cruise ship-related emissions cut quickly
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Kathryn Marlow
Canada -British Columbia ||
Video
'We would love some action,' Greta Thunberg says at climate summit in Madrid
Technology & Science ||
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What on Earth?
Whatever happened to the promise of hydrogen-powered cars?
Technology & Science ||
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Analysis
Job killer or job creator? Experts predict a climate employment boom: Don Pittis
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Don Pittis
Business ||
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'I'm watching it disappear:' Residents along Lake Erie reckoning with worsening shoreline erosion
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Ellen Mauro
Technology & Science ||
Uber received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assaults in U.S. in 2018
World |
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YouTube changes format for year-in-review Rewind 2019
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Jackson Weaver
Entertainment ||
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Environmental Protection Agency rejects calls to ban cyanide traps in U.S.
Technology & Science ||
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Inuit sharing ancient knowledge of ice, sea and land with new app
Canada -North |