Climate Change

As flooding becomes more frequent across the Prairies, architects are designing newer structures with climate change in mind Crescent Drive Park in Winnipeg has always been a destination for trail-walking, skating and canoeing. But until recently, the park’s only standing structure was a 900-square-foot picnic shelter with a gable roof,…

Scientists, activists and others are calling on world leaders to commit to redoubling their efforts when they meet for the COP27 climate conference in Egypt in November. A west Greenland glacier identified by NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre as being susceptible to thinning. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre Set…

In the context of climate change, energy crisis and recurring epidemics, the world attaches great importance to sustainable development and low-carbon energy transformation. Driven by breakthroughs of renewable energy and policy tools, the global photovoltaic market maintains a good development trend. In recent years, China's photovoltaic industry has become an…

United Nations (CNN)President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared Russia's invasion of Ukraine a violation of the global order, sharpening his rebukes of President Vladimir Putin as the war entered a tense new moment. Biden's speech at the United Nations General Assembly came hours after Putin announced an expansion of his…

And yet even now, after 150 years of development, the sound we hear from even a high-end audio system falls far short of what we hear when we are physically present at a live music performance. At such an event, we are in a natural sound field and can readily…

Three blockbuster storms struck different coasts this weekend, causing widespread damage in Puerto Rico, Alaska and Japan. The big picture: Each storm either exhibited unusual characteristics in its formation and intensification or in its interaction with built infrastructure. Their damage offers examples of what we can expect more of in…

Scientists from the University of British Columbia, the University of Bern and the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions have concluded that without strong measures to mitigate the devastating effects of climate change, global fish socks by biomass will not be able to recover to sustainable levels. The researchers used computer modeling…

OTTAWA -- A group of about 50 Canadian Rangers marked the end of their 13-day long journey from Georgian Bay, the Trent-Severn Waterway, Lake Ontario and the Rideau Canal, around the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Confederation Park, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia It’s the summer’s…

Soybeans pour from a combine during harvest in a field in Rippey, Iowa, in 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Soybeans pour from a combine during harvest in a field in Rippey, Iowa, in 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images If you ask Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt…

This summer, four times more rain than normal fell on southern Pakistan, causing widespread flooding that left a third of the country underwater. The scale is hard to wrap your head around: The deluge has affected 33 million people — 15 percent of Pakistan’s population — and has turned villages…