Air Quality

Beyond Crisis

Feb 12 2019 | IN Pollution | REVIEWED BY Gideon Forman

A story of hope for a rapidly changing world

Why We Walk

Feb 06 2019 | IN Water | BY Mary Anne Caibaiosai

Nga zhichige Nibi onji – We do it for the water.

Flying Under the Radar Pt. II

Dec 18 2018 | IN Travel | BY Ryan Katz-Rosene

Are loopholes in emissions reporting allowing countries to ignore aviation's contributions to global warming?

An airplane takes off from a runway/photo by bilaleldaou

Flying Under the Radar

Dec 11 2018 | IN Travel | BY Ryan Katz-Rosene

Is the aviation industry washing its hands of climate change?

Land meets sea at Uruma City, Japan/Ryo Yoshitake ©

Living the best of both worlds

Nov 21 2018 | IN Resilience | BY Hai Lin Wang

Can conservation and human prosperity really co-exist?

Smoke rising over German factories. (Foto-Rabe/Pixabay)

Fewer air pollution deaths? Thank a regulation.

Oct 27 2018 | IN Regulation | BY Braydon Black

Recent research from UNC-Chapel Hill suggests air quality improvements since the 1990s have cut the number of deaths related to air pollution in half.

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.

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.

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.

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