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climate change
Looking Grim: The Western Monarch Migration is Teetering on Collapse
Thanksgiving in coastal California has been somber for the past two years. At least it has been for the stewards of overwintering Monarch Butterfly populations. The Thanksgiving Western Monarch Count…
Grasslands: A Solution to Climate Change in “Plain” Sight
Saving our last remaining temperate grasslands can help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in Canada. In Canada, temperate grasslands — the world’s most endangered ecosystem — stretch from southern…
How Climate Change Affects Our Health
From extreme heat to natural disasters, learn how our changing climate will change our health. Climate change has a long list of domino effects – including impacting human health. Our…
Mapping Our Climatic Future
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…
The Boreal Forest: Our Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change
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…
Colour mismatch
We all know that hares turn white in winter to help them blend into their snowy environment and back to brown in the spring. But have you ever seen a…
Conserving Wild Species and Spaces Vital to Success of COP21 Agreement
The global commitment to combat climate change agreed by 195 nations in Paris at the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference holds potential to benefit natural areas and wildlife. The…
