Natural Disasters

Alaska volcano 'abruptly erupts' and sends ash 20,000ft into the sky

Pavlof Volcano, located on the Aleutian Islands, is one of the most active in the region.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Canada, Alaska, Volcanic Eruptions
Biodiversity

20 sites added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserve

The International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of UNESCO added 20 sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves during its meeting in the capital of Peru on

Publication Date: 
21/03/2016
Big News Network
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO, Canada, Austria, India, Honduras
Climate Change

U.S., Canada agree methane emissions cut to fight climate change

The United States and Canada have agreed joint steps to fight climate change, including cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry and signing the Paris climate deal "as soon as feasib

Publication Date: 
11/03/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Methane, Canada, United States Of America (US), Green House Gases, International Cooperation
Energy

The status of large scale biomass firing

This IEA Bioenergy report provides an overview of the current status of biomass cofiring. The report shows that the firing and co-firing of biomass as a replacement for coal in large pulverised coal boilers can be a very attractive option for the utilisation of biomass materials for power production, and for the delivery of renewable energy.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2016
W.R. Livingston
IEA Bioenergy
Tags:
Biomass, Coal, Renewable Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Biofuel, United Kingdom (UK), Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Canada
Health

Inflammatory bowel disease in Asia - A second chance at uncovering environmental factors

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become common in the Western world, but its causes remain unclear. With the dramatic increase of cases in Asia in recent years—echoing the disease’s drastic rise in the West decades earlier—investigators have another shot at studying environmental contributors to IBD as it emerges in new populations.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/03/2016
Lindsey Konkel
Environmental Health Perspectives
124
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1-6
Tags:
Environmental Health, Asia, Hong Kong, Lifestyles, Micro Organisms, South Asia, Asthma, Child Health, Canada, Genetic Disorders
Climate Change

Trudeau, Canadian provinces set for tough climate change talks

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a challenging day of climate change talks on Thursday with leaders of the country's 10 provinces, one of whom opposes a key part of Ottawa's plan to cut

Publication Date: 
01/03/2016
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Canada, Climate Mitigation, Green House Gases
Energy

Energy policies of IEA countries: Canada 2015 review

Canada has continued to harvest its vast natural resources and witnessed a shale revolution alongside rising oil sands production and investment in the energy sector over the past five years.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2016
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Energy Policy, Energy Technology, Renewable Energy, Canada, Energy Intensity, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Energy Efficiency, Natural Gas, Oil, Coal, Electricity, Nuclear Energy
Water Resources

Toward a quantitative and empirical dissolved organic carbon budget for the Gulf of Maine, a semienclosed shelf sea

A time series of organic carbon export from Gulf of Maine (GoM) watersheds was compared to a time series of biological, chemical, bio-optical, and hydrographic properties, measured across the GoM between Yarmouth, NS, Canada, and Portland, ME, U.S. Optical proxies were used to quantify the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon in the GoM. The Load Estimator regression model applied to river discharge data demonstrated that riverine DOC export (and its decadal variance) has increased over the last 80 years.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2016
William Balch, Thomas Huntington, George Aiken & et al
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
268-292
Tags:
Oceans and Seas, Rivers, Rainfall Pattern, Canada, United States Of America (US), Sedimentation, Climate Change, Hydrology
Biodiversity

Monarch butterfly numbers flutter up, but still off recent highs: study

Favorable weather conditions at breeding grounds for monarch butterflies in Mexico are expected to help raise their numbers to possibly more than 100 million this year, about triple of a few years

Publication Date: 
19/02/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Biodiversity, Butterflies, Mexico, United States Of America (US), Canada
Forests

Historic deal to protect Canada rainforest from logging

British Columbia on Monday unveiled a historic agreement to protect a massive swath of rainforest along its coastline, having reached a deal that marries the interests of First Nations, the logging

Publication Date: 
02/02/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Canada

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