Sunday, September 17, 2017

European glyphosate safety report copy-pasted Monsanto study

Nation of Change





"Whether this is a question of negligence or intent, it is completely unacceptable for
government bodies to pass off industry analysis as their own." Story here.

A crop-duster sprays pesticides 
on a crop in Manitoba.  PinP photo.

‘Software disease’ — The hazards of plastic, net wrap and twines


    Canadian Cattlemen
Animal Health: Ingestion of plastics has become a common killer. Story here.

U.S. Air Force Is Spraying 6 Million Acres With Chemicals in Response to Harvey

EcoWatch
The Air Force has dispatched big spray planes to control pests which they claim pose a health risk to rescue workers around Houston. Sadly, those "pests" include the good ones, like bees. Story here.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Living Planet Report Canada - Our Vanishing Wildlife

World Wildlife Fund













                   Burrowing owl.                                  
















Great Blue Herron.












Bobolink. (PinP photos.)


The fate of wildlife in Canada is in our hands. WWF -Canada’s Living Planet Report Canada shows that wildlife is on a troubling decline. It’s time to come together and turn things around. Story here.


Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Unraveling a major cause of sea ice retreat in the Arctic Ocean

ScienceDaily
Quantitative analysis has evidenced the acceleration system of melting ice: dark water surfaces absorb more heat than white ice surfaces, thus melting ice and making more water surfaces in the Arctic Ocean. Details here.

Global fingerprints of sea-level rise revealed by satellites

NATURE|NEWS

Geological processes send more meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets to Earth's mid-latitudes. Story here.

Greenland. Photo by Uffe Wilken


Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Fire damages ranches in southwestern Alberta

The Western Producer
Damage has been reported to farms and ranches on the perimeter of Waterton Lakes National Park as a wildfire continues to burn in southwestern Alberta. Details here.



Lytton, BC under evacuation threat again, as hundreds of wildfires burn across Canada

Canada's National Observer This week marks the four-year anniversary of a deadly wildfire that destroyed the British Columbia village of...