Reading Time: 3 minutes New $5-million federal investment will bring together top wildfire scientists to help manage ecosystems, protect communities
Tag: Nature
We can – and must – stop our plastic legacy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Countless animals ingest plastics and die. Do we care? Do we care that these plastics are now in the human food chain?
Boreal forests offer refuge to plants, animals as climate changes
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A biologists lead effort to identify lakes, hills and peat lands where species stand a better chance of survival
Why have we become a nation of litterbugs?
Reading Time: 4 minutes We have first-rate collection for everything from garbage, to yard waste and recyclables. Yet we continue to litter
COVID-19 could reduce wildfire risk this season: expert
Reading Time: 3 minutes Humans account for up to 80% of Alberta’s wildfires in May but that’s likely to change this year as health measures keep people at home
Buckets of rain put wildlife in peril
Reading Time: 4 minutes With climate change, unrelenting rains can be challenging for wildlife and plants
Applying barnyard lessons to the pandemic aftermath
Reading Time: 4 minutes For many, the current economic climate is very difficult. There are serious challenges ahead
Exploring Alaska’s remote, enchanting shores
Reading Time: 10 minutes Joining the few privileged to travel to remote and obscure offshore islands like Baby, Unga, Haystacks, Aghyuk and the Aleutians
Campground cops could help us regain a simple summer pleasure
Reading Time: 4 minutes It is time to resume a few simple activities that would be good both for our minds and our bodies
Prying into the private lives of birds in love
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wild things don’t actually fall in love, since reproduction is a serious business that involves advertising for the sole purpose of mating