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Tiny nanotechnologies are poised to have a huge impact on agriculture
Custom-made nanoscale systems can use precision chemistry to achieve high-efficiency delivery of fertilizers or pesticides
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Environment
Custom-made nanoscale systems can use precision chemistry to achieve high-efficiency delivery of fertilizers or pesticides
Environment
Already gaining steam before the pandemic, interest in urban farming — and hunger for hyper-local food — has soared. A look at three Canadian takes on the urban farming phenomenon
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
Science & Tech
People & Culture
How the return of Indigenous knowledge could help change how the continent farms
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
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Environment
How natural solutions could mitigate 78 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
Wildlife
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
Science & Tech
Canadian Geographic visits the Urban Barns facility to see how it all works
Science & Tech
How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer?
Science & Tech
The study ultimately aims to improve the long-term sustainability of the beef industry
Science & Tech
History
A look at the inception of the original postage-stamp province through an 1871 map
History
Un aperçu de la formation de la province « timbre-poste », présenté par une carte de 1871
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History
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Wildlife
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Global agricultural landmass could increase by one-third within the next century, with boreal Canada and Russia set to gain the most arable ground. But what might the environmental and social consquences be?
Environment
How much do you know about Canada’s water — where it comes from and how it’s used?
Environment
Environment
The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Wildlife
“We just knew no fish would get by. Not without our help.” Behind the scenes of the epic campaign to save a Fraser River salmon run.
Wildlife
Environment and Climate Change Canada has given $2.58 million to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association to lead a conservation project designed to help species at risk
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
History
Sites across Canada honouring the war
Environment
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
Science & Tech
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
Science & Tech
From cubic farming to vegetable fermentation, these agro-enthusiasts are forging the future of farming
History
Canada produces approximately 20 million tonnes of unused wheat straw, which could instead be made into enough paper for 20 million magazines
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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People & Culture
Changing irrigation practices to combat malaria in Northern Peru
People & Culture
In honour of International Museum Day, Canadian Geographic's editors share their favourite museums in Canada
Wildlife
Snowshoe hare researcher talks about his studies of the arctic mammal
Science & Tech
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Science & Tech
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
Science & Tech
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
Science & Tech
Where and how we live affect how much energy we consume. Here’s what Canada would look like if the provinces and territories were scaled to represent the amount of energy they use.
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
From wheat to potatos, Canada has made a name for itself for breeding excellent edibles
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
New device could mean the end of digging for snow samples
Environment
Collaborative research is uncovering the secrets of coastal seagrass beds to help keep them healthy
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Exploration
The men and women that have become part of Canada’s space team
History
A look back at how the "king of fruits" became a Canadian agricultural staple
Environment
A P.E.I. farming family has become the first in Canada to heat their greenhouse operation entirely with biomass energy
Places
How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem
Environment
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Wildlife
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Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Wildlife
The swift fox may be the smallest wild dog in North America but it also has one of Canada’s biggest wildlife recovery stories
Environment
A new book aims to solve nature-deficit disorder and reconnect kids with the natural world
Environment
New Brunswick-bred sea cucumbers and urchins could soon be used to help clean up fish farms
Environment
Wildlife
The wild turkey, once extirpated from Ontario, now faces two hunting seasons
Wildlife
Satellite images used to calculate catches
Environment
International water conservationist Alexandra Cousteau visits the Ottawa River
Wildlife
Saving the butterfly known for its remarkable migration
Wildlife
The recovery of the swift fox may pose dangers for the greater sage-grouse
Places
It’s an ambitious plan: take the traditional Parks Canada wilderness concept and plunk it in the country’s largest city. But can Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park help balance city life with wildlife?
Environment
The federal government’s decision to dismantle its prairie pasture reclamation program has left Saskatchewan selling off public land