Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization and planetary ecosystems. Yet despite 27 UN Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings that have taken place so far, the international community has…
Month: November 2022
Overweight women may be at highest risk of long COVID – new research
While hundreds of thousands of people are still getting COVID every day across the globe, reassuringly, the number of people dying as a result of the infection has dropped significantly thanks to…
Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s volcanoes are different from most
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27,…
Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male ‘experts’ named Mike
The Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week is the longest-running cable television series in history, filling screens with sharky content every summer since 1988. It causes one of the largest temporary increases in…
the stories of migrant women in South Africa show how
South Africa has made massive strides in the fight against HIV. One of the country’s flagship interventions has been the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Nevertheless, South Africa still has…
Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currents
Tropical cyclones have been growing stronger worldwide over the past 30 years, and not just the big ones that you hear about. Our new research finds that weak tropical cyclones have gotten…
The pandemic created challenges and opportunities for Canadian immigration
Canada has long relied on strong immigration to fulfil the country’s demographic needs, expand its economy and support regional development. In 2021, the country surpassed its ambitious immigration target, admitting more than…
Four tips to avoid your office Christmas party turning into a superspreader event
With Christmas just a month away, the good news is that COVID cases in the UK have been falling, and are now at the lowest we’ve seen them for some time. Meanwhile,…
White butterflies are filling Johannesburg’s skies earlier than usual. Climate change is to blame
Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa’s Gauteng province, including the city of Johannesburg, fill with small white butterflies. Some land in people’s gardens, allowing…
Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone
As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth’s other crisis: loss of living species….