Our world is teeming with microbes, those organisms so small that we can only see them with the aid of a microscope. They cover every surface around us and even live within and on our bodies. “In fact there are … Continue reading Discovering Microbes
Imagine your neighbourhood covered in ice, hundreds of feet thick. At the height of the last ice age, roughly 20,000 years ago, that is exactly how it might have looked. At that time about 97 per cent of Canada was covered in … Continue reading Are we due for another Ice Age?
When a cyclone hit Madagascar in March 2017, the effect was felt in ice cream shops and bakeries around the world. As the producer of 80 per cent of the world’s vanilla beans, the extreme weather experienced by the African … Continue reading Farming for a future
From May to August the Atlantic Puffin leads a bold and highly visible life. Summer breeding grounds, like Machias Seal Island in the Bay of Fundy, attract tourists, naturalists and photographers who enjoy up close and entertaining encounters with the … Continue reading Solving a puffin puzzle
We all know that applying sunscreen to our skin will protect us from the sun’s harmful rays but did you know that your choice of sunscreen may actually help the planet? Scientists now recognize that certain chemicals found in popular … Continue reading Protecting our skin and the planet
The word ‘weather’, in Old English, means wind or breeze, but if you look closely at it you can find the word ‘water’ hidden within. While that may seem like a coincidence it is interesting to think that scientists actually … Continue reading Weather, wet and wild
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