Chad Dupuis had been living and working in the northern Alberta forest for several years and had numerous wildlife encounters. His lost dinner was a reminder that the parks are the animals’ home and we’re encroaching on it. It was a good reminder that inside the forest, we’re the visitors …
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James Webb telescope captures luminous images of 19 spiral galaxies
A batch of newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show in remarkable detail 19 spiral galaxies residing relatively near our Milky Way, offering new clues on star formation as well as galactic structure and evolution. Astronomer says ‘stunning’ photos reveal more about star formation. A batch …
Read More »AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio urges Canada to build $1B public supercomputer
The man who’s known as the godfather of artificial intelligence says he’s pitched governments on the idea in order to keep up with — and keep tabs on — private tech giants. Government needs ‘that muscle’ to keep up with tech companies, Bengio says. Yoshua Bengio has been thinking for …
Read More »Alberta’s oilsands pump out more pollutants than industry reports, scientists find
Alberta’s oilsands operations produce far more potentially harmful air pollutants than officially recorded — putting the daily output on par with those from gridlocked megacities like Los Angeles, new research suggests. Data collected by air finds levels of harmful pollutants can be more than 60 times higher than estimated. Alberta’s …
Read More »A new gold rush? The search for the natural hydrogen motherlode is coming to Canada
An Alberta company plans to begin searching for natural hydrogen in northern Ontario this summer in hopes of finding enough of the gas — highly valued as a clean fuel source — to produce and market it. An Alberta company searching for deposits of the gas is set to drill …
Read More »AI is increasingly being used to deal with climate change, but it has its own emissions problem
Artificial intelligence is assisting in climate adaptation and mitigation, but it has its own emissions problem. And it is one that will only grow as AI is used for more and more applications. But there are ways to reduce those emissions. Transitioning to renewable energy from fossil fuels will help …
Read More »What Canada can learn from Norway, the EV capital of the world
Norway is considered the world leader in electric vehicles, with roughly one-quarter of all cars on the road now electric. How did the country get here? And what can Canada learn from its experience? The nordic country aims to phase out gas vehicle sales by next year, and observers say …
Read More »Record-smashing Tonga volcano sheds new light on how underwater volcanoes blow
Fresh volatile-rich magma triggered a chain reaction of explosions that led to the loudest, highest and most destructive underwater volcano ever recorded 60-million Olympic-sized swimming pools of saltwater shot upwards, making our climate even warmer. It was a record-breaking blast that swept the world — several times over, as it …
Read More »Sperm whales live in clan systems similar to early humans, Dalhousie study says
New research from a professor at Dalhousie University shows that sperm whales live in distinct clans with thousands of members. Researcher says clans are female-based and use different vocal dialects. Sperm whales live in structured clans similar to early humans, according to new research. Hal Whitehead, the sole author of …
Read More »Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica
A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an SUV has been lowered into the sea north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and is already streaming open-source data for anyone wanting to monitor the Southern Ocean’s health. Data from Canadian-Spanish project could pick up changes to sea …
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