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Climate Change Creates Canadian Tinderbox
In May 2011, a wildfire, fueled by dry forests and 60 mile per hour winds, tore through the fire defenses of Slave Lake, a town like many others nestled in the boreal forest covering much of Canada. The fire caused … Continue reading
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Canadian Warm Winter Threatens Cold-Adapted Wildlife
The mild tennis-playing temperatures of December and January in Toronto is stressing wildlife adapted to frigid temperatures, reports Mary Ormsby at the Toronto Star. “We don’t need statistics to tell us something odd is happening,” says Ryan Ness, manager of … Continue reading
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Baby Seals Dying from Climate Change – Study
Agence France-Presse reports that harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover, according to US scientists from Duke University. Recently, they questioned if the population will … Continue reading
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Record-Breaking Warm Winter Weather Across Canada Prairies
Instead of snow, temperature records are the only thing falling across much of the Prairies so far this winter, reports Jennifer Graham of the Canadian Press. Fahrenheit temperatures well above freezing, into the 50s and even 60s are occurring in … Continue reading
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Climate Change Cutting Down White Christmas
There was time when dreaming of a white Canadian Christmas would almost always be a dream come true, reports the Canadian Press at Global News. Indeed, the name Canada derives from Latin meaning “white”, referring to Canada’s historically snowy condition. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, Canada, climate change, extreme heat, extreme weather, global warming
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