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When Hurricane Beryl smacked into Carriacou — part of the Caribbean nation of Grenada — in July, it virtually flattened the entire island, damaging every building in the community of 8,000 people. Grenada had to rebuild, but it’s a daunting prospect. In 2022, the country spent $51.9 million US justContinue Reading

Science·Analysis One might be tired of the same old tale: another year, another position on the top 10 warmest years, a podium on which we definitely don’t want to stand. But the past two years have been different. And climate scientists don’t understand why. NASA climate scientist says it’s ‘frustrating’Continue Reading

When Meredith Moore moved from New York to Toronto, she was astonished by the amount of home renovation happening in the city — and by the full construction waste bins. “I would see these dumpsters just filled with wood and trim and doors and all these things that I knewContinue Reading

Science As we head into winter, it’s unlikely Canadians are thinking about heat waves. But before we know it, summer will be upon us again, as will more extremely hot days. The challenge is, how do we stay cool in the future without contributing to climate change? Climate change isContinue Reading

Science The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just as there were on the near side billions of years ago, according to new research. Fragments of volcanic rocks date back 4.2 billion yearsThomson Reuters · Posted:Continue Reading

Science When it comes to aviation in general, it contributes roughly 2.5 per cent of all CO2 emissions and has thus far contributed to roughly four per cent of global warming. But just how much CO2 emissions are these private jets emitting? A lot, according to a new study. Some whoContinue Reading

Spain, the south coast of B.C. and the southeastern U.S. are all cleaning up after torrential flooding this past month. Rebuilding will be difficult and costly. As of last week, Florida’s back-to-back hurricanes had racked up $2.13 billion in insured losses from Hurricane Milton and $3 billion from Hurricane Helene, local mediaContinue Reading

Science Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole, which lived among the Jurassic dinosaurs 160 million years ago. Fossil was 16 centimetres long and found in ArgentinaThe Associated Press · Posted: Nov 01, 2024 8:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: November 1 A fossil of the world’s oldestContinue Reading

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