Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more

Rapid changes underway in the Arctic affect the region’s people and wildlife, and the entire planet.

Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Specialist, University of Alaska Fairbanks • conversation
Dec. 10, 2024 ~9 min

The total solar eclipse in North America could help shed light on a persistent puzzle about the Sun

The eclipse will allow scientists to get rare measurements of the Sun’s atmosphere.

Huw Morgan, Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University • conversation
March 27, 2024 ~7 min


Wild 'super pigs' from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs

Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in North America, harming land, crops and wildlife.

Marcus Lashley, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, University of Florida • conversation
Dec. 19, 2023 ~8 min

Arctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic

The early heat melted snow and warmed rivers, heating up the land and downstream ocean areas. The effects harmed salmon fisheries, melted sea ice and fueled widespread fires.

Twila A. Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 12, 2023 ~10 min

The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward

How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest wilderness may be changing in unexpected ways.

Roman Dial, Professor of Biology and Mathematics, Alaska Pacific University • conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 ~11 min

Canada Releases Plan to End Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies

VOA Learning English • voa
July 29, 2023 ~4 min

Canada wildfires: an area larger than the Netherlands has been burned so far this year -- here's what is causing them

Canada has had over 2,000 wildfires already this year – here’s why.

Iván Villaverde Canosa, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Leeds • conversation
June 16, 2023 ~7 min

Wildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire

So much pollution goes into the air today that even without wildfire smoke, 99% of the global population breathes unhealthy air.

Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University • conversation
June 14, 2023 ~8 min


Wildfires Burning Across Canada Also Affecting the US Northeast

VOA Learning English • voa
June 8, 2023 ~3 min

‘Map’ of French Canadian population uses genes and genealogy

New research shows that the genetic structure of the French Canadian population was encoded within its genealogy.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
June 1, 2023 ~4 min

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