In 1957, Vancouver took a decisive turn in its urban development when city council lifted the eight-story height limit in the West End neighborhood on the downtown peninsula, opening the door to high-rise living along English Bay. Over the next…
Category: Earth
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Vancouver built up fast—but now its older towers face an earthquake reckoning
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A Hidden African Carbon Vault Is Starting to Leak
A vast African peatland once thought stable is now leaking carbon thousands of years old. Tropical swamps and peatlands are major components of Earth’s carbon system and play a significant role in regulating the climate. Regions such as the…
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Past climate change: First indicators show resilience in tropical life—up to 1.5°C
New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist at Utrecht University, discovered that tropical algae were largely unaffected by a number of periods of global warming…
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New computation method for climate extremes: Researchers reveal 10-fold increase in heat over Europe
How much will heat, flooding, drought and storms increase as a result of human-induced climate change? In a groundbreaking study, climate researcher Gottfried Kirchengast and his team at the University of Graz have developed a new method for…
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Plastic Without End: Are We Polluting the Planet for Eternity?
The Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework calls for the elimination of plastic pollution by 2030. If that goal has been clearly set, why have meaningful measures that create real change still not been implemented? Plastic pollution is…
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Scientists Create Giant Fire Tornadoes That Could Save Our Oceans
Scientists created 17-foot fire whirls that burn oil spills faster and cleaner than conventional methods, reducing soot by 40% and consuming nearly all the fuel. The technique shows promise for rapid, lower-emission spill response. In the…
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Scientists Examine How Cannabis Essential Oils Might Repel Mosquitos
An international research team conducted a study on the mosquito’s sensory coding and observed akey biological mechanism that can lead to more targeted and effective mosquito repellent products. In a study…
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Why tropical cyclones' rainfall surges before landfall
A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has analyzed 40 years of data covering about 1,500 tropical cyclones and discovered that average rain rates surge by more than 20% in the 60 hours before landfall. The…
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Satellite data enable first global estimate of aerosol cloud cooling
Particles in the atmosphere, known as aerosols, cool the climate by acting as cloud condensation nuclei. The more cloud droplets form around these particles, the less sunlight penetrates a cloud. This cools the climate, although this process is…
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Wastewater Methane Gaps Found in National Climate Reports
Are national climate reports missing crucial data points regarding wastewater greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? This is what a recent study published in Nature Climate Change hopes to address as a team of…
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