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Category Archives: Nature
Paddle of the Century | CBC Radio | The Doc Project
40 years ago, Don Starkell and his teenaged sons set off from Winnipeg’s Red River on a world-record-setting 12k km canoe trip to the Amazon. https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/paddle
Posted in Canada, Nature, News and politics
Tagged adventurer, amazon, author, Canadian, canoe, diarist, Don Starkell, orphan, red river, sons, south america, trip, winnipeg
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How climate change is leading to ‘a redistribution of life on Earth’
Scientists have documented more than 12,000 species worldwide that are moving to more hospitable regions, including everything from fish to bees to caribou to grasses to berries to trees. These 12,000 or more species are experiencing ‘range shift’ CBC Radio … Continue reading
5 homemade liquid fertilisers your plants will relish | Stuff.co.nz
You can use your banana peels to make liquid fertilizer instead of composting right away. They are rich in potassium and other minerals your plants can use to flourish. https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/community/97632394/5-homemade-liquid-fertilisers-your-plants-will-relish
Posted in Health and wellness, Nature, Sustainability
Tagged banana peels, homemade fertilizer, liquid, plants, WATER
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NEOWISE comet 180-degree panorama image captured in Riding Mountain National Park
These were taken by standing on the dock next to the golf courses on July 16th. The 34 images required to make the final image were stitched together using a free program from Microsoft called “Image Composite Editor”. Credit to … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Nature
Tagged comet, Craig Taylor, NEOWISE, panorama, photo, Riding Mountain National Park.180-degree
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The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed Mother Nature to remind us what less human pollution looks like
The view of the Himalayan mountain chain’s Dhauladhar range is a rarity in country with a documented air quality problem. The stunning scene was captured by a biologist that works in Venice Clear skies near the Himalayas, in California and … Continue reading
Venice Has Its Worst Flood in 53 Years – Scientific American Blog Network
The storm surge, recent rain and high tide all combined to make the flooding more severe but the trend of flooding has increased in frequency and severity. Half of this caused by sea level rise which has been accelerated by … Continue reading
Posted in international, Nature, News and politics, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged Anthropomorphic, Climate Change, flooding, human, storms, tides, venice
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Leave the leaves on the ground: Nature Conservancy says to stop raking all of your lawn | Globalnews.ca
Mark Cullen carrying out fall maintenance on his lawn. | http://www.markcullen.com http://globalnews.ca/news/6060276/dont-rake-your-leaves/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theweathernetwork.com/amp/news/should-you-rake-away-fallen-leaves-no-but-yes-heres-why/72014
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Ocean Cleanup starts harvesting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
https://newatlas.com/environment/ocean-cleanup-starts-capturing-plastic-great-pacific-garbage-patch/
Posted in international, Nature, News and politics, non profit, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged Boyan Slat, ceo non profit, cleanup, discarded, garbage patch, great, nets, ocean, ocean cleanup, pacific, plastic, recycling
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Climate change science goes back decades — and so does rapid climate change skepticism, says historian
International director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Kim Holmen relaxes with a cup of tea as he travels past the Wahlenberg Glacier in Oscar II land at Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway, on Aug. 5, 2019. The northernmost town on the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, History, international, Nature, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged carbon emissions, CO2, coal, denialism, environmentalism, fossil fuels, Freedom, gas, global average warming, government, koch brothers, left-wing, Liberal, liberty, oil, rapid climate change, regulation, right wing, scepticism
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Rapid Climate change discussion needs to get back to unbiased science and facts
The global news article below is better than most but is still somewhat biased and makes several assumptions. Sadly both sides of the rapid climate change and many other current and important discussions use exaggeration, propaganda and rely on false … Continue reading
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Tagged activists, averages, balanced, ban, biased, BITUMEN, Canada, center, clean energy, Conservative, critics, economy, energy independence, Environment, extreme, extremism, global warming, international, least biased, left, Liberal, misleading, Oil and Gas, pipelines, propaganda, rapid climate change, right, science, Sustainability, tankers, tar sands, transport, unbissed
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