Adaptation

Land and sea/Photo by Mario Azzi on Unsplash

A composite sketch of rising seas

Oct 19 2018 | IN Scientists | BY Braydon Black

Parallel studies show the dangers of our warming world and its rising seas.

BEF-China's experimental site/Photo by UZH

Quality, not quantity of trees dictates how well forests store carbon

Oct 16 2018 | IN Scientists | BY Hai Lin Wang

Does species richness impact how effectively a forest can absorb excess carbon? A three-country, eight-year study (finally) has answers.

Algae pollution at a Berkeley, CA marina/Andy Wang on Unsplash

Our land as a sponge that can hold no more

Oct 14 2018 | IN Water | BY Braydon Black

Researchers from the Université de Montréal have identified a tipping point at which land can no longer retain phosphorous. Odds are good we've passed that point.

Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate

Aug 24 2018 | IN Food | BY Jessica Eise, Natalie White

Deep in the Andes Mountains, where growing coffee is a multi-billion business, the creeping impacts of global warming are threatening a way of life.

Smoke blocks out the sun above a wildfire blaze in Colorado/DVIDSHUB CC BY

Policies on petroleum and pipelines move us closer to a ‘Hothouse Canada’

Aug 23 2018 | IN Pipelines | BY Simon Dalby

Propping up the old economy can only lead to 'Hothouse Earth'. But it's not a foregone conclusion.

Toronto's waterfront/Photo by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash

Building housing on flood plains another sign of growing inequality

Aug 22 2018 | IN Water | BY Deborah de Lange

Major urban centres around the world are having honest conversations about the risks of building in flood plains. But not in Toronto.

Busy streets in Bangkok, ThailandPhoto by Dan Freeman on Unsplash

‘Overpopulation’ and the environment: three ideas on how to discuss it in a sensitive way

Aug 21 2018 | IN Population Growth | BY David P. M. Lam, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen

New ways of thinking about "overpopulation" can help make sure you're doing it right.

Smoke covers Hwy 1 near Kamloops/Photo by Tonyglen14 CC BY 2.0

How to protect your children from wildfire smoke

Aug 15 2018 | IN Health | BY Cecilia Sierra-Heredia

As BC declares a state of emergency over spreading wildfires, one Simon Fraser researcher weighs in with suggestions for keeping kids safe from smoke inhalation.

Forest fires rage in northern Alberta in 2009/Cameron Strandberg CC BY-2.0

Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding

Aug 09 2018 | IN Forestry | BY Edward Struzik

Uncontrolled fires are burning across North America. To get ahead of them, fire fighters and need modern tools. And government cash.

Rail cars on the move in Dickinson, North Dakota. (NNDOT. 2011.)

Nature can heal itself after an oil spill, it just needs a little help

Jul 19 2018 | IN Transportation | BY Steven D. Siciliano

Oil and gas spills are costly for the environment and taxpayers alike. But what if the soil, given time, can heal itself?

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