Students walk past ExxonMobil flags as they arrive to a job fair at the University of Guyana in Georgetown, Guyana, April 21, 2023.
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The fossil fuel industry uses universities to authenticate themselves as players in developing climate solutions, while they expand extraction and grow profits. Universities must disclose their ties.
The remains of a hotel in Jasper, Alta. after a wildfire in July 2024 forced an evacuation of the national park and destroyed over 300 of the town’s approximately 1,100 structures, mainly impacting residential areas.
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Societal collapse is a complex phenomemon tied to the abilities of a society to meet its population’s basic needs. Understanding past examples of collapse can provide valuable insights.
A storm rolls in at a beach in Chicago after a day of extreme heat in August 2024.
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With new temperature records being broken year-on-year, it may seem tempting to assume that the world will only get warmer. This is a false assumption, as warming is occurring, but it can be stopped.
Earth’s climate has become dangerously unstable, and it’s only a matter of time before somewhere in Australia erupts in uncontrollable fire.
Water reserve cisterns are seen on the roof of a building backdropped by the Ancient Greek Concordia temple in Agrigento, southern Sicily, Italy in July 2024. Climate change is making droughts worse around the world.
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Construction activity will use up almost half of the world’s remaining carbon budget to keep global warming under 1.5°C unless we totally rethink our approach.
Cooling streaks indicate the potential for two Niña’s at once – Pacific and Atlantic, a rare event.
NOAA Coral Reef Watch
It’s rare to see both Nina’s at the same time, but both appeared to be developing in 2024. That could help soften hurricane season, but don’t bet on it.
Record-breaking winter warmth has been felt across large parts of Australia, with more to come in coming days. A climate scientist explains what’s going on.
Humanity risks losing the beautiful, complex reefs that have existed on Earth for millennia. Governments and officials have now acknowledged this devastating fact.
Ice and snow cover on a boreal forest lake in winter (Lake Simoncouche, Saguenay, Québec).
(Noémie Gaudreault)
Canadians are no strangers to cold winters, when everything in nature appears to be frozen solid. However, under the ice cover of lakes, many animals remain active during the winter.
Mining trucks carry loads of oil laden sand at an oil sands site in Fort McMurray, Alta., Canada in 2005.
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Global efforts to reduce emissions requires the participation of all emissions producing countries, including those in the West.
Escalating the language might work in a rally, but the general public isn’t as swayed by it, a new study show.
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Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ might seem to escalate the urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.
Australia’s emissions-reduction efforts must continue in haste, at large scale. Real change is possible.
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada demonstrate in sub-freezing temperatures in Billings, Mont., in October 2019.
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The Keystone XL verdict highlights the importance of protecting governments and public bodies from financial liabilities while they work to keep oil and gas in the ground.
In the book Living Hot, Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld argue humanity should stop trying so hard to reduce emissions, and adapt instead. But we must do both.
Lake Cromwell at the Station de biologie des Laurentides of the Université de Montréal, where many of our studies are carried out on parasitized fish.
(Ariane Côté)
We must face a confronting truth: if humanity does not divert from its current course, our generation will likely witness the demise of one of Earth’s great natural wonders.
Firefighters in Savannah, Ga., carry food to residents in a neighborhood cut off by Tropical Storm Debby’s floodwater on Aug. 6, 2024.
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With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.
Under a microscope, a tiny elongate poppy seed, small tan spikemoss megaspores and black soil fungus spheres found in soil recovered from under 2 miles of Greenland’s ice.
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Our discovery of a tundra ecosystem, frozen under the center of Greenland’s ice sheet, holds a warning about the threat that climate change poses for the future.
Tofu Masala Curry from the plant-based cookbook created by the Guelph Family Health Study in collaboration with George Brown College’s Food Innovation and Research Studio.
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Eating sustainably is more feasible than most realize. These four tips can help reduce the footprint of your kitchen while also helping you live a more healthy life.