These Underwater Mountains are Huge & Hugely Important. A video from Oceana Canada.

Newest Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Site announced

CBC news

Pimachiowin Aki Canada's 1st mixed cultural and natural heritage site. More here.

For more background, watch this brief video PinP produced last year, before the site was approved.

Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably’ to address climate change

The Guardian

James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action. More here.

Britain's biggest butterfly threatened by rising seas

The Guardian

New charity warns Britain’s largest butterfly could be lost within four decades as rising seas turn its habitat into saltmarsh. More here.

Another kind of  swallowtail in Manitoba, CA. A PinP photo.

Wood Buffalo: Canada’s largest national park and its people in peril

The Narwhal

American White Pelicans at the Rapids of the Drowned, Wood Buffalo Park. Photo by Ansgar Walk.

International officials are warning the Canadian government not enough is being done to protect the Peace-Athabasca delta — one of the world’s largest freshwater inland deltas — from the ravages of ongoing industrial development. More here.

Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life

The Guardian

Oil spill disaster reduced biodiversity in sites closest to spill, report finds, as White House rolls back conservation measures. More here.