About "Environment & Nature"
News about climate change and other environmental issues and the people and organizations behind the science.
These slopes in Nunavik covered with orange gravel, left, are the only known habitat of the Puvirnituq mountain draba, right, a tiny mustard plant that was discovered less than a decade ago. Because of its limited range, the plant has been assessed by COSEWIC as being of Special Concern. (Photos: Benoît Tremblay)
Plastic toothbrushes and tampon applicators are a major source of single-use plastic waste, but affordable alternatives to these and other everyday household items are available. (Photo by Jasmin Sessler on Unsplash)
A map of spots around the world making positive change to reduce plastic waste. (Map: Chris Brackley/Can Geo)
Nature-deficit disorder expert Richard Louv explores the value of our connection to wild animals in his latest book. (Images: Courtesy of Algonquin Books)
An eelgrass meadow, a type of seagrass found in the northern hemisphere including in Boundary Bay, British Columbia, shown here at low tide. (Photo: Katie Tjaden-McClement)
Writer Jenn Thornhill Verma revisits the collapse of Newfoundland and Labrador's cod fishery a quarter century later in her new book. (Photos courtesy Nimbus Publishing)
Explorer Mario Rigby at the headquarters of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Canadian Geographic in Ottawa during his 2019 cross-Canada cycling expedition. (Photo: Javier Frutos/Can Geo)
The main expedition campsite of the PoLAR-FIT research team, just southwest of the Fyles Leaf Beds fossil site on Ellesmere Island. (Photo: Alexandra Rouillard)
Peter Ross in the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre analyzing water samples. (Photo: Steven Hargreaves)
Myra Hird. (Photo: Bernard Clark)
