Environmental News Network

SFU Joins Indigenous-Led Research Initiative Tackling Biodiversity Decline Across the Globe

More than 150 Indigenous organizations, universities, and other partners will work together to highlight the complex problems of biodiversity loss and its implications for health and well-being.

New Simulations Can Improve Avalanche Forecasting

Currently, avalanche forecasts in Canada are made by experienced professionals who rely on data from local weather stations and on-the-ground observations from ski and backcountry ski operators, avalanche control workers for transportation and industry, and volunteers who manually test the snowpack.

Increase in Marine Heat Waves Threatens Coastal Habitats

Heat waves—like the one that blistered the Pacific Northwest last June—also occur underwater.

Decarbonisation Tech Instantly Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon

The carbon dioxide utilisation technology from RMIT researchers is designed to be smoothly integrated into existing industrial processes.

Earth BioGenome Project Begins Genome Sequencing in Earnest

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other eukaryotic life on Earth is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full-scale production sequencing.