Glacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come?

Journal nature

Global warming is making high-altitude regions unstable, and could trigger more frequent landslides and floods. Story here.

Oil and gas ambitions outshone caribou protection in Alberta

 Canada’s National Observer

Caribou flee for their lives to escape a large, industrial vehicle.
A Greenpeace photo.

Long-awaited plans to protect Alberta’s caribou ranges reflect a decade of lobbying efforts from the oil and gas industry, rather than the best available science for recovery of the threatened woodland caribou. Story here.

Canada's Federal Court clears way for youth climate lawsuit against federal government

Canada's National Observer

Young Canadians suing the federal government over its 2030 climate plan can proceed following a Federal Court judge’s rejection of a bid to dismiss the case. Story here. 

Soil Compaction a Major Concern for Farmers. Is it any Wonder?

                                  Source: Understanding Ag  

A tractor and air-seeder on a Manitoba farm. A PinP photo.

Soil compaction is climbing the list of concerns for dairy farmers, and a recent Iowa State survey backs that up: 80% of farmers polled are now worried about it, up sharply from a decade ago, as bigger equipment and shrinking fieldwork windows raise the stakes. Add in the billions of dollars extreme weather cost agriculture last year, and a broken water cycle gets expensive fast.                                            

Four years ago, the scientific journal, "The Conversation," revealed something startling. Entitled, "FarmVehicles Weigh almost as Much as the Heaviest Dinosaurs," its article describes why that's a problem, here.

Interview with former US Vice-President Al Gore on climate disaster

 

B.C.’s Militarized Wolf Cull is a Misguided Approach to a Complex Issue

The Conversation

While the government emphasizes predators’ effects on caribou, it glosses over the impact of human-caused habitat destruction. Details here.

The rise of end times fascism

The Guardian by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Naomi Klein
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them.
Story here.