Climate & Environment

A wasting disease tore through all varieties of sea stars along the North American West Coast in 2013, wiping out most of the population.

A project proposed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll could harm the many seabirds that nest at the wildlife refuge, according to biologists and experts who have spent more than a decade working to protect them.

A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and a geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions.

A powerful storm lashed the Greek islands of Paros and Mykonos on Monday, triggering widespread flooding and prompting authorities to close schools and impose a ban on all traffic except emergency vehicles.

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction.

An abrupt announcement rattled members of a little-known UN agency based in Jamaica that has protected international deep-sea waters for more than 30 years.

There is renewed optimism that invasive wild pigs could be eradicated from Manitoba, according to a new report.

A newly released report suggests new apartments across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a way to help boost uptake.

Arbru Solar Brewery in Mallorytown, Ont. has a unique twist - it's entirely solar powered.

A newborn orca spotted off British Columbia has been identified as a descendent of one of the last killer whales captured and held at SeaWorld, according to an agency that represents more than two dozen whale-watching companies in B.C. and Washington state.

When Canada’s big banks left the Net Zero Banking Alliance earlier this year, they assured they could push on reducing emissions without the help of the international climate coalition launched in 2021 by Mark Carney, now Canada’s prime minister.

With massive job cuts, the U.S. National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.

Singing frogs are looking for love. Sweet sap is flowing from the maple trees. Striking migratory birds are returning to their northerly nests.

Planetary Technologies, based in Nova Scotia, is betting this powdery white mineral will absorb more planet-warming gases into the sea.