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News about climate change and other environmental issues and the people and organizations behind the science.

Australian Division's ice core drilling camp in Aurora Basin North, East Antarctica. The team retrieved data to quantify elements contributing to climate change in January 2014. (Photo: Feiteng Wang)

Photo: Feiteng Wang
Microplastics’ contribution to melting snow: A global crisis
Research aims to reevaluate microplastic pollution’s impact on the climate

Steam rising from the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station in Iceland. (Photo: Gretar Ívarsson)

Photo: Gretar Ívarsson
Energy efforts making headlines across Canada
From electric vehicles to geothermal energy, our focus is on reducing emissions by 2050
Puffin sitting on cliffside surrounded by mountains.

The puffin population found across the Northern Atlantic Ocean are in danger of extinction as their food declines (Photo: Tomáš Malík).

Photo: Tomáš Malík
Excerpt: On Time and Water
A look at how global warming impacts foundational conditions for entire ecosystems
LOOKOUT: Love, Solitude and Searching for Wildlife in the Boreal Forest

A grey warbler photographed from the author's bedroom window. (Photo: Paul Sorrell)

Getting Closer: Rediscovering nature through bird photography
In an excerpt from his new book, author Paul Sorrell teches how to connect to nature with a photographer's eye
Dr. Ingrid Waldron on environmental racism
Waldron spoke with Canadian Geographic about representation for women and racialized communities
Alexandra Morton on her battle to save wild salmon
The B.C. based biologist reflects on her decades long fight to preserve the ecosystem she calls home

After countless smallmouth bass invaded Piper Lake, part of the St. Mary’s River in Nova Scotia, the province applied a pesticide that specifically targets fish. (Photo: Scott Beaver)

Photo: Scott Beaver
“Quite the catch”: Removing invasive bass requires delicate balance
Protecting Piper Lake’s ecosystem sometimes takes drastic measures
Plastic is part of the carbon cycle and needs to be included in climate calculations
All the plastic that has ever been produced is part of the carbon cycle

The Heiltsuk Nation is a First Nations government in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. (Photo: Simon Fraser University)

Photo: Simon Fraser University
Indigenous Peoples, government come together for marine protection
Two new projects highlight commitments to a more collaborative, coordinated and efficient approach to ocean protection and marine responses to anthropogenic disasters
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