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The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday.  Researchers say climate change will make Antarctic ice losses more frequent in the future. The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica …

Experts say the eerie similarities between the Okanagan Mountain Park fire in 2003 and the McDougall Creek wildfire last week are a sign that officials haven’t done enough work on fire prevention and mitigation in the last 20 years, leaving the next generation even more vulnerable than the last because …

Indians already saw their space program as a point of pride even before the historic soft landing near the moon’s unexplored south pole Wednesday, but the success of the mission is expected to spark a renewed confidence and increased investment in India’s growing space sector.  Chandrayaan-3’s success gives India the …

Dustin Stewart has been obsessed with dinosaurs since he was nine years old. But he never dreamed he’d grow up to study 70-million-year-old footprints in Alaska.  Dustin Stewart says tracks date back nearly 70 million years, and are of multiple dino species Dustin Stewart has been obsessed with dinosaurs since …

India has landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology.  India becomes the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. …

In this file photo taken on June 27, 2022, a worker walks along a path at Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Google’s parent company Alphabet announced about 12,000 job cuts globally on January 20, 2023, citing a changing “economic reality”, becoming the latest US tech giant to …

A child visits the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. China put into force this week its newest regulations on artificial intelligence-generated content, a watered-downed version of stricter draft rules that seek to keep the country in the AI race while maintaining firm censorship on …

(Photo courtesy of DOST) MANILA – Filipino scientists abroad are encouraged to go back as there are many opportunities for them to contribute to the country, an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday. “There are many aspects where our Balik Scientists have been helping us in filling …

IN DANGER. A lone spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) plies the waters of Tañon Strait. An official of Negros Oriental on Tuesday (Aug. 22, 2023) vowed to step up efforts to safeguard the marine ecosystem in Bais Bay and its surrounding regions following reports of a decline in dolphin sightings in …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at well-meaning but complicated efforts to create and certify plastic-free plastic and where things stand with the federal government’s two-billion-trees pledge.  Also: Another way to look at the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This …