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Two years ago in Montreal, almost 200 countries signed a landmark agreement to reverse the loss of nature by the end of the decade. This week in Colombia, delegates will meet once again — and advocates are hoping to see them make good on their promises.  At COP16 in Colombia, …

A newly outfitted Canadian vessel loaded with fisheries and coast guard officers has headed 12,000 nautical miles (22,200 kilometres) north to the Aleutian islands to patrol the North Pacific.  Canadian fisheries crews keep eyes on industrial fleets in North Pacific. A federal fisheries vessel sailed north this September, some 12,000 …

Renewable energy production is expanding at an unprecedented pace, led by the rapid rise of solar power. At the same time, the world’s insatiable demand for more energy led to an increase in the production of fossil fuels, the report found.  Despite unprecedented pace, even more renewable energy is needed …

Turtles on Ottawa’s Petrie Island face a host of challenges to their longevity. Here’s an inside look at the pains taken to ensure the population thrives.  Endangered turtles get some TLC from dedicated Petrie Island guardians. One evening this past August, Marc Bourgeois and his daughter Justine were among the …

What’s as big as an alligator, with the body of a millipede, the head of a centipede and the eyestalks of a crab? That would be Arthropleura, believed to be the largest bug to ever exist. But fear not, it’s been extinct for more 300 million years. Arthropleura, which roamed …

Oysters are more than just a culinary delicacy. According to experts across Canada, they can also protect our coastlines and reduce climate change-related disaster risk.  Restoring oyster reefs can reduce the blow of waves on our shorelines, experts say. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the U.S. eastern seaboard. The …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust, where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. …

DECLINING This photograph taken on Oct. 1, 2024, shows tigers at the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur. AFP PHOTO PARIS — Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on …

In this week’s issue of our environmental newsletter, transit agencies are ban fossil fuel ads, a First Nation is collects cones to grow trees for caribou, and we look at how power-hungry AI could help grow clean energy.  Also: Cones for caribou. Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. …

There’s a new comet in the sky that has gained a lot of attention lately over its potential to become visible to the naked eye.  Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) has the potential to put on a stellar show. If you have clear skies this weekend, now is the time to …