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Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as US aid cuts bite Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere — but especially in poorer countries.

Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as US aid cuts bite www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protection | CBC Climate Change News Snowy owls that once glided across wide open spaces of the Arctic tundra are seeing their homes shrink under thickening shrubs. They face a gauntlet of other threats, all of which decimate their numbe...

Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protection
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This creature may have been the first four-legged herbivore | CBC News This football-sized creature could grind its teeth like a hard-core plant-eater, back before that was really a thing — and it may be the earliest vertebrate herbivore ever found.

New fossil species discovered on Cape Breton Island may be one of the earliest plant-eating animals - @carleton.ca
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Winter snow is declining in key watersheds across Canada, raising concerns about future water supply | CBC News Declining snowpack can affect everything from municipal water systems and agriculture to lake levels, shipping and wildfire risk in Canada’s forests.

Warming temperatures are shrinking snowpack in key Canadian watersheds, study suggests. New research from Concordia

Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel | CBC News Archeologists have found the remains of a cluster of tents with hearths on a remote High Arctic island that date back more than 4,000 years. They offer surprising new insights about the first people w...

Ancient Paleo-Inuit people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel. New research from @ucalgary.bsky.social

Canada could remove 5 times its annual carbon emissions by planting trees on edge of boreal forest, study finds Planting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 — five times Canada's annual emissions.

New Canadian research from @uwaterloo.ca - story from the always excellent @scibri.com

Something very unexpected is happening to Norway’s polar bears Scientists are baffled by the results from new Arctic research.

Something very unexpected is happening to Norway’s polar bears www.vox.com/climate/4768...

Federal government job cuts: Here's what we know | CBC News A host of departments issued "workforce adjustment notices" to thousands of employees in the third week of January.

Thousands of Canadian federal science and health workers’ jobs cut www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Here is the latest on possible job cuts in the federal public service Hundreds of public servants have already received layoff notices in Ottawa and across Canada, as the federal government begins to issue notices of potential job cuts in departments. CTVNewsOttawa.ca l...

Here is the latest on possible job cuts in the Canadian federal public service, including many science and health positions www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

How ‘forest bathing’ keeps lungs healthy Wooded environments release organic compounds that seem to improve respiratory health, but the magnitude and mechanism of the effect remains unclear.

How ‘forest bathing’ keeps lungs healthy - from the always excellent @ericagies.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is it time to ‘Save the Whales’ all over again? Forty years after the end of commercial hunting, whales face an increasing threat from global shipping

Is it time to ‘Save the Whales’ all over again? dialogue.earth/en/ocean/is-...

Cape Breton groups alarmed as more Atlantic salmon deemed endangered | CBC News Some Atlantic salmon conservation groups in Cape Breton are raising the alarm after a federal advisory committee changed the fish's status to endangered throughout Nova Scotia and the southern Gulf of...

Cape Breton groups alarmed as more Atlantic salmon deemed endangered www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Appeals court upholds ban on fish farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands Proponents of salmon farm ban say several wild salmon populations have rebounded since their closure

Appeals court upholds ban on fish farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands www.biv.com/news/resourc...

​Coral report B.C.’s oceans are turning acidic faster than once thought, study finds

B.C.’s oceans are turning acidic faster than once thought, study finds www.piquenewsmagazine.com/cover-storie...

B.C. would struggle to contain oil spill off north coast, research suggests Decades of research shows waves, wind and darkness would defeat containment efforts for much of the year, raising questions about new oil export plans

B.C. would struggle to contain oil spill off north coast, research suggests www.biv.com/news/environ...

Tens of thousands of marine animals killed or maimed by 'ghost gear' Federal data collected over four years have shown that derelict fishing gear is an underestimated threat. Some experts say it is diminishing both ocean life and fisheries.

Tens of thousands of marine animals killed or maimed by 'ghost gear' in Canada www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/16/n...

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When I began producing Canada's national radio science progran, Quirks & Quarks, 25 years ago, there was a noted geologist/climate denier who complained that he was never invited on the show. I told him I'd be happy to have him whenever he published a peer-reviewed paper on climate. Never happened

Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication? Humans and bees can both work with mathematics. Could aliens do the same?

This is not bizarre science reporting - it is bizarre (and slightly whimsical) science. There is a big difference. The reporter was accurately reporting on the scientists' work, which they, themselves, have written about: theconversation.com/can-we-use-b...

How facial recognition for bears can help ecologists manage wildlife Recent advances in computer vision and other types of artificial intelligence offer an opportunity for facial recognition to apply to bears and other animals.

How facial recognition for bears can help ecologists manage wildlife
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The same firm ran a campaign to save CBC — and Canada Proud's push to defund it “It's like the Trump administration promoting Biden in an ad campaign,” said Ahmed Al-Rawi, Director of the Disinformation Project at Simon Fraser University. “This is unreal, like science fiction.”

The same firm ran a campaign to save CBC — and Canada Proud's push to defund it www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/08/i...

How are California's birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires? In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests ...

How are California’s birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires? news.mongabay.com/2025/12/how-...

Trump’s shutdown of climate research centre could push scientists up north, experts say Canadian climate experts say the dismantling of a major U.S. research centre could drive some of the world’s top climate scientists north of the border, reshaping where critical weather and climate re...

Trump’s shutdown of climate research centre could push scientists to Canada www.cp24.com/news/world/2...

Canada's 2030 climate target far out of reach, according to federal data | CBC News Canada's legally binding climate target seems to be out of reach, according to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Canada's 2030 climate target far out of reach, according to federal data www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected The 20th anniversary of the annual report tracks how sea ice, snow cover and many other vital signs of the Arctic have changed, and the impact that’s having on people and wildlife.

From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
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Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready Permafrost supports homes and communities across Northern Canada. However, as the climate warms, melting permafrost poses significant challenges for infrastructure.

Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready
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Arctic Warming Is Turning Alaska’s Rivers Red With Toxic Runoff

Arctic Warming Is Turning Alaska’s Rivers Red With Toxic Runoff www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/c...