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Alanna Mitchell

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Exploring Otter Space

  • September 9, 2020
  • by Alanna Mitchell
Sea Otters always seem to be enjoying a great joke. They have big eyes and bigger noses, framed by erect whiskers. They seem to show constant surprise. They’re often spotted…
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habitat fragmentation
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Fragmented Realities

  • May 12, 2020
  • by Alanna Mitchell
For four decades, there has been a divisive debate about the lasting effects of disturbing animal habitats. A new study suggests it will make some species more resilient, not less.…
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polar bear mom cubs
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Mapping Our Climatic Future

  • November 7, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
A new University of Winnipeg report has mapped a future of ever-increasing heat waves… unless we curb carbon emissions MAPS TALK. MODERN ONES DESCRIBE TODAY’S realities. Those from ancient eras…
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Kids gardening
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  • Connecting With Nature
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Uprooted: Plant Blindness Is a Dangerous Phenomenon

  • October 7, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
In our modern world, we have lost the connection between the foods we eat and the crops that provide them. It is called “plant blindness” and it is a dangerous…
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The Boreal Forest: Our Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change

  • September 24, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
The boreal forest has occasionally been dubbed “the ugly forest.” The cold, needle-leaved antithesis to the fervid exuberance of tropical rainforests. It has often been ignored, too. Today, however, this…
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Sparying insecticide on field
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Ixnay On The Nics, Eh?

  • July 10, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
Is it time for an official Canadian ban on neonicotinoids for their devastating effect on bugs, birds and humans? Most experts say yes. When neonicotinoid insecticides came into wide-spread use…
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iceberg
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  • Forests & Fields
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A Climate of Violence

  • May 16, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
What caused the little ice age? Many factors of course, but one study suggests that the devastating loss of life wrought by Europeans invading the Americas may have tipped the…
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cracked soil
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They Came From Below

  • March 11, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
Kilometres beneath our feet, deep in cracks under the Earth’s continents lives a vast, secret world of microbes Every now and again, science comes up with a finding so revolutionary…
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Jonathan Franchomme
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Prophets of Loss

  • January 24, 2019
  • by Alanna Mitchell
Sometimes it’s the little things that reveal the big picture. Consider a recent paper in Nature about how plants in the tundra, the coldest ecosystem in the world, are growing…
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