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Greenland Glacier Breaks Speed Record
During the summer of 2012 the Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbr� flowed into the ocean at the fastest speed ever observed for a glacier in Greenland or Antarctica, according to a paper published February 3 in The Cryosphere. At its speediest, satellite da
First cold-water coral reef discovered off Greenland
A reef of living cold-water corals has been discovered for the first time in Greenland waters - at a depth of almost 3,000 feet below sea-level. There are several species of coral in Greenland, but this is the first time that an actual reef has
Bees Are Building Nests with Our Waste Plastic | MotherboardIf you picture a bee nest (yes, bees build nests), you probably think of a natural haven of leafy comfort. Normally, you�d be right, but biologists studying two types of bee recently found that the insects have moved with the times: They�re now incorporat

Three months after making the wild, near-apocalyptic claim, the environmentalist did not seem to go so far as to renege the claim, which has baffled nuclear scientists
Climate change: 2013 ranked 4th warmest year
Last year was one of the warmest ever recorded on Earth since scientists began keeping global average temperature stats 134 years ago, climate experts from two U.S. agencies revealed today.
Made in China: Up to a quarter of California smog
What goes around comes around � quite literally in the case of smog. The US has outsourced many of its production lines to China and, in return, global winds are exporting the Chinese factories' pollution right back to the US.
Alison Redford to debate Al Gore over oilsands
Alberta Premier Alison Redford will spar with former U.S. vice-president Al Gore over his oilsands "myths" during this week's World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Both Redford and Gore are scheduled to take part in a private session discussion on "the fut
Cracks in Arctic ice churn up mercury concern
Atmospheric scientists have discovered a �pumping� process that is drawing mercury, a neurotoxin, into remote Arctic ecosystems. They also warn that �profound changes� underway in the North have the potential to increase levels of the potent contaminant c
Snowy owls invade Ottawa area | CTV News
Ottawa residents are spotting more snowy owls in the capital region this winter, thanks to an 'irruption' that's seeing more birds fly farther south of their usual range in the boreal forest.
West Virginia chemical leak: 4 hospitalized
A handful of people have been hospitalized and several hundred thousand remain without water after a chemical leaked from a storage tank in Charleston into the public water treatment system, state authorities said Saturday.
Bats dropping from trees as record heat wave grips Australia
Bats are dropping from trees, kangaroos are collapsing in the Outback and gardens are turning brown. While North America freezes under record polar temperatures, the southern hemisphere is experiencing the opposite extreme as heat records are being set in
Northern and central regions of the U.S. are seeing �life-threatening wind chill� conditions, with temperatures dropping to the lowest point in almost two decades, federal officials warned Sunday.
Alberta environment regulators now paid by oil industry
Enforcement officers �will be in the position� of handing out penalties for poor practices on land-clearing to the companies paying their salaries, said Dempsey, adding that the department urged staff to apply for the new jobs.
Toronto ice storm: 230,000 still without powerToronto Mayor Rob Ford says the worst is over after the most severe ice storm to hit the city in recent memory struck over the weekend, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and causing chaos for commuters throughout the region.
Megatons to Megawatts program concludes
The arrival of the final shipment of low-enriched uranium (LEU) from Russia to the USA marks the successful completion of the Megatons to Megawatts program to downblend weapons-grade uranium. In 1993, the US and Russian governments signed an agreement for
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