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Last updated at 10:07 AM on May 13, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time)

Entangled right whale spotted off New Brunswick with fishing gear stuck in its mouth

"...HALIFAX An endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear has been spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northeast of New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula..."

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HPPH looking for Seaforth dog and its owner

"...Public health officials in Huron County are hoping to identify a dog and its owner..."

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'Terrifying': Manitoba resident speaks on wildfire and evacuation

"...As a pair of wildfires burn near Flin Flon and The Pas, a number of Manitobans are being told to evacuate their homes..."

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Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence

"...According to a news release from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the whale was seen on Friday during routine aerial surveillance of the area. Its the first sighting of a North Atlantic right whale in Canadian waters for the 2024 season..."

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Nigeria labor unions protest higher electricity prices

"...ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) Labor unions in Nigeria staged nationwide protests on Monday over recent increases in electricity prices following the removal of subsidies by the West African nations government..."

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Free foam recycling pilot launches in Calgary

"..."Calgarians are keen to keep recyclable materials out of the garbage, which is valuable in terms of extending our landfill space for future use. "..."

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Group looking to save Alberta wetland from becoming a racetrack launches a legal battle

"...Local landowners are against the idea, saying it would destroy two critical wetlands, which would be filled in to build one of the tracks..."

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British prime minister warns of

"...LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned of a dangerous future for the U. K. in a pitch to voters Monday as he fights to hang on to power ahead of a future national election that could see Conservatives ousted after 14 years..."

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Hazy skies in Calgary as Grande Prairie, Fort Nelson fires rage

"...“Air quality can vary quite a bit into the wildfire season, a little bit of smoke can easily put the air quality into a poor value,” he explained. “So, it's tough to say what a normal value would be. ”..."

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Josh Classen's forecast: Average temperatures and a reprieve from the smoke

"...The thick wildfire smoke that blew in from the northwest over the weekend has moved out of the Edmonton area and modelling indicates "cleaner" air for Monday/Tuesday in the Edmonton area and all of central and southern Alberta..."

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Wildfire smoke could move into Ottawa, eastern Ontario tonight

"...Environment Canadas Air Quality Health Index monitors the level of air pollution. At 9 a. m..."

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Quebecers are riled up about Northvolt's EV battery plant. Here's why

"...Marc Bishai, a lawyer with the group that is suing Quebec — the Centre québécois du droit de l'environnement, or CQDE — said the widespread opposition is explained by "the way the government allowed the project to go ahead without respecting the laws that we as a society put in place. "His group sought a court injunction to protect wetlands and stop clear-cutting on the 171-hectare site, which straddles two communities about 30 kilometres east of Montreal. It lost that application but continues its legal fight to invalidate the environment minister's approval of preparatory work at the site..."

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Wind could push wildfire into town of Fort Nelson, B.C. today

"...A fire behaviour specialist with the B. C. Wildfire Service says an intense wildfire could hit Fort Nelson this morning, based on forecasts that have been calling for strong winds that have been fuelling the out-of-control blaze to continue throughout the day..."

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Air quality advisories issued in 5 provinces, 1 territory

"...As the wildfire season gets underway, here's where smoke may be an issue..."

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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spewing thick ash and dark clouds into the sky

"...The volcanic earthquakes are still intense so there is a potential for a future eruption, Hendra Gunawan, chief of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said..."

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Fire officials worry wind could push wildfire into B.C. town today

"...Ben Boghean said in a video posted to social media Sunday night that the extreme fire behaviour, made worse by years of drought and a below-normal snowpack this past winter, could end up threatening the crews that have been fighting the Parker Lake wildfire..."

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Podcasts

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Fires in the Pantanal wetlands

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"...This month, Brazil has seen some of its highest recorded temperatures..."

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10/23/20 - Brine Wells; Air Quality; Schools and Airborne Disease

Duration: 03:29

"...About 150 old brine wells in the area are being plugged..."

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Guarding the harvest: Tips for on-farm fire safety and prevention

Duration: 9:58

"...With a spring fire season that has fired up early and hot in Western Canada, there is no time like today to start working on a fire prevention plan..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.

Beyond trees: Mapping total aboveground biomass density in the Brazilian savanna using high-density UAV-lidar data

"...However, their ability to store and sequester carbon is uncertain due to combined and intermingling effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change, which impact wildfire regimes and vegetation dynamics..."

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Bark attributes determine variation in fire resistance in resprouting tree species

"...Predicting the impact of wildfires on ecosystem services and habitat values requires quantifying rates of post-fire tree mortality and topkill..."

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Evidence of widespread wildfires in coal seams from the Middle Jurassic of Northwest China and its impact on paleoclimate

"...Today wildfire is an important disturbance in many continental ecosystems, and it is assumed that with ongoing climate changes the frequencies and impacts of wildfires will increase in many regions..."

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Topography and fire legacies drive variable post-fire juvenile conifer regeneration in eastern Oregon, USA

"...Increasingly frequent large wildfires in the western US raise questions about the effects of climate and site-level factors on forest ecosystem resilience..."

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Roxborough Park Community Wildfire Evacuation Drill: Data Collection and Model Benchmarking

"...The dataset is released in open access and is deemed to be useful for future wildfire evacuation modelling calibration and validation efforts..."

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Consequences of land-use change and the wildfire disaster of 2017 for the central Chilean biodiversity hotspot

"...Usually, environmental hazards, such as wildfires, are part of the regular environmental dynamic and not considered a threat to biodiversity..."

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Differences in Canopy Cover Estimations from ALS Data and Their Effect on Fire Prediction

"...Canopy cover is a primary attribute used in empirical wildfire models for certain fuel types..."

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Inaction on Climate Change Projected to Reduce European Life Expectancy

"...In this paper, we convert excess mortality estimates due to increases in extreme weather from climate change (heat waves, cold waves, droughts, wildfires, river and coastal floods, and windstorms) into potential reductions in life expectancy at birth in thirty-one European countries..."

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Review of Infrastructure Resiliency Policy for Natural Disasters

"...A clear focus has been placed on earthquakes and flooding while wildfires and drought have been neglected..."

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A hybrid method for fire detection based on spatial and temporal patterns

"...Fire detection is a vital task for social, economic and environmental reasons..."

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"...Due to climate change, forest regions in California are increasingly experiencing severe wildfires, with other issues affecting the rest of the world..."

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Evaluating landscape-scale wildfire exposure in northwestern Iran

"...For this purpose, we used the minimum travel time algorithm and simulated 60,000 wildfires under wildfire season most frequent weather scenarios..."

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How Bad Are Bananas?

The Carbon Footprint of Everything

"...A smart, practical, and accessible guide to measuring (and reducing) our carbon footprint, from internationally recognized expert, Mike Berners-Lee..."

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The Climate Challenge

101 Solutions to Global Warming

"...Each solution describes steps that are already being used in homes, schools, businesses, cities, and governments around the world-with full scientific references to help the reader dig deeper and push farther..."

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Resetting Our Future

What If Solving the Climate Crisis Is Simple?

"...An inspiring and practical narrative that will leave readers feeling uplifted and empowered to create a future they are eager to embrace..."

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