Environment
King tides are the tipping point at which storms can become devastation — as well as a glimpse of Canada’s coastline 100 years from now. Can green infrastructure help weather the danger?
Science & Tech
Glaciologist Joseph Cook on the vibrant life in the Arctic ice sheet
People & Culture
As sea level rise and the accelerating pace of coastal erosion threaten cultural heritage around the world, Canada has a lot to lose
Environment
New documentary Anote's Ark asks the disturbing question, "What if your country was swallowed by the sea?"
Environment
The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
People & Culture
The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s chair on how Inuit are speaking up about climate change with a global voice
Environment
The strategy calls for a coordinated climate policy in Inuit Nunangat and will receive $1-million from the federal government
Environment
Because temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, we must look to the experiences of Inuit as a harbinger of what is to come — and seek their guidance on how to live sustainably
Environment
Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences
Environment
They sustain us, enrich our lives and inspire us
Environment
The Alpine Club of Canada covers everything from wildfires to watermelon snow in its recently published annual report on Canada’s alpine environments
Environment
A new report by Alpine Club of Canada scientists and other experts highlights worrying trends in Canada’s mountain ecosystems
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Environment
A study of more than 1,700 glaciers on northern Ellesmere Island found six per cent of ice coverage disappeared between 1999 and 2015
Wildlife
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
Environment
New Canadian research suggests marine ecosystems are quite literally in hot water as the global climate warms
Wildlife
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
Exploration
Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
Science & Tech
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm share details of their “Hearts in the Ice” project and why they want to inject hope into the conversation about climate change
Wildlife
The naked truth about nudibranchs, in British Columbia and beyond
Exploration
An account of Enduring Ice, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2017 Expedition of the Year
Wildlife
In the boreal forest, where secretive lynx depend on the snowshoe hare to survive, climate change threatens to upset this longstanding predator-prey relationship
Wildlife
Jo-Anne McArthur’s photo of a kangaroo and joey who survived the 2020 Australian bushfires is up for the 2021 People’s Choice Award in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
Wildlife
The number of polar bears living around southern Hudson Bay has dropped by nearly a fifth since 2011
Wildlife
New report from the WWF calls for increased international cooperation on polar bear conservation
Wildlife
Insects are by far the most populous species on the planet, but they seem to be disappearing. Why aren’t more people concerned?
Environment
The pioneering primatologist talks about her time with chimpanzees, what inspired her to become an activist and what individuals can do to help the planet
Environment
From floods to fires, drought to coastal erosion, climate change is already having an impact on Canada's communities, landscapes and wildlife
Wildlife
Arctic “shrubification” caused by global warming may be drawing herbivores further north
Wildlife
Scientists predict a warming climate could increase wind speeds and alter the animal’s ability to hunt
Mapping
Researchers say protecting wilderness corridors will be essential to preserving biodiversity in the face of climate change
Science & Tech
Data on Dorian highlights how advancements in satellite imaging are changing our understanding of severe weather events
Science & Tech
University of British Columbia PhD student Alex Wilson is studying the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt for clues to past climatic shifts
Science & Tech
Duncan will meet with climate change researchers and community leaders in Resolute, Nunavut
Science & Tech
A northern research expedition has been postponed until July due to unusually hazardous ice conditions
Environment
Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
Environment
How natural solutions could mitigate 78 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
Travel
When a significant portion of B.C.’s Princess Louisa Inlet went up for sale this spring, donors raised the $3 million needed to purchase it in just three months
Environment
By protecting the Muskwa-Kechika, a vast, wild region of mountains, glaciers, and boreal forest in north-central B.C., we can create a climate refuge for vulnerable species
Environment
A new report from the Boreal Songbird Initiative calls for enhanced protection of wetlands within Canada's boreal forest
Places
Built by Swiss guides high on the Continental Divide, a storied refuge will be dismantled just months ahead of its 100th birthday, a casualty of our warming planet
People & Culture
Featured in the heart of downtown Toronto, this larger-than-life art installation tells the story of humanity’s impact on the planet
Environment
How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
Environment
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
Environment
Experts say global reforestation is one of our best defences against climate change, so a Toronto-based company is developing drones that can get the job done quickly
Environment
In the United States, the Trump administration has signaled its intention to ignore the scientific consensus on climate change, sparking a new protest movement
Environment
Jocelyn Joe-Strack, a scientist and geographer from the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, is embarking on a tour of Canadian embassies in Europe to share Indigenous perspectives on climate change
Environment
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
Travel
Paul Colangelo shares images from his time exploring the North with the first Canadian to walk in space
Environment
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
Environment
In an exclusive excperpt from his new book Commanding Hope, Thomas Homer-Dixon highlights four key stresses that inhibit society's collective sense of a promising future for our planet
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
Environment
Filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier and photographer Edward Burtynsky discuss their groundbreaking new work, The Anthropocene Project
Environment
The start of the Meghalayan age 4,200 years ago brought about climatic shifts that toppled empires
Environment
Cape Town narrowly avoided ‘Day Zero,’ but that doesn’t mean the city is resilient to future water shortages
Environment
Future ignitions may increase carbon emissions and accelerate the boreal forest’s northern expansion
Environment
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
Environment
University of Waterloo researchers want to see Canada develop a national flood risk strategy
Environment
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
Environment
Other countries recognize that a healthy environment is a basic human right. A new documentary argues it’s time Canada did the same.
Environment
This week, the International Union of Geological Sciences will consider a proposal to add a new epoch to the geologic time scale — one that reflects the impact of human activity on Earth's natural systems
Wildlife
For the past 140 years, Fowler's toads have been slowly shortening their underground winter hibernation
Wildlife
Organizations would like to see at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest protected from industrial development
People & Culture
How Donald Trump, Russian icebreakers and a warming climate might affect the top of the world
Science & Tech
Mapping
The Climate Atlas of Canada shows users what trends to expect in their communities as a result of climate change
Exploration
After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.