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New Climate Adaptation Course Fills Knowledge Gap for Urban Planners

Most Canadian urban planners enter the field without learning enough about climate adaptation, according to research by a University of Alberta expert who has developed a new course to help fill the knowledge gap.

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When Snow Melts Early, a Big Fire Season Could Follow

An early exit of Alaska’s spring snow means more acreage could burn during the coming wildfire season, which begins when the snow melts off, says new research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Southern States Frozen Over

A winter storm brought below-freezing temperatures and heavy snow to the southeastern United States in January 2025.

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A Green Fuels Breakthrough: Bio-Engineering Bacteria to Become ‘Hydrogen Nanoreactors’

Researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science have made major advances towards realising green hydrogen – the production of hydrogen by splitting water, powered by renewable energy.

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‘Buzz me in:’ Bees Wearing Itty Bitty QR Codes Reveal Hive Secrets

Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs.

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Warmer, Greener Arctic Becoming a Source of Heat-Trapping Gas

As the northern latitudes warm, ice is melting and vegetation is growing more abundant.

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Robots Should Be Repurposed Rather Than Recycled to Combat Rising Scale of E-waste, Scientists Warn

The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England researchers have advised.

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Pioneering Research Exposes Huge Loss of Glaciers in One of the Fastest-Warming Places on Earth

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the first time – and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years.

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Cycle of Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef Now at ‘Catastrophic’ Levels

A team of marine scientists from the University of Sydney has published the first peer-reviewed study documenting the devastating coral bleaching events that occurred on the southern Great Barrier Reef in early 2024.

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Tropical Cyclone Sean Lashes Western Australia

On January 17, 2025, a tropical low formed over the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. 

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