Canada s swamps are the secret weapon to fighting climate change, say experts
Boggy marshes and wetlands across the country are the secret stars of carbon capture, but most people don’t understand their worth, said Christina Davy, a research scientist for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
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Posted: May 12, 2021 4:28 PM ET | Last Updated: May 12
Research scientist Christina Davy, seen here with a snapping turtle, says most people don t realize the importance of bogs, marshes and wetlands when it comes to carbon capture.(Kevin Chan)
DRYDEN, Ont. – Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is warning of areas of high fire hazard in the Northwest, with three forest fires burning in the region on Sunday.
The MNRF said a drying trend was leading to areas of high fire hazard in its Kenora and Fort Frances sectors, with hazard moderate throughout most of the Dryden, Red Lake, and Sioux Lookout sectors.
Further east, areas like Thunder Bay and Nipigon saw mainly low fire hazard.
The largest fire reported in Northwestern Ontario, known as Red Lake 2, is located about 36 kilometres north of the town of Red Lake, near Little Vermilion Lake.
City of Toronto calls for action against the surging price of construction material
The City of Toronto is taking a stand against the skyrocketing price of construction materials, which a local councillor describes as a growing threat to the city’s economy.
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Posted: May 08, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 8
Prices for residential building construction increased 5.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, the largest increase since Statistics Canada started collecting that data in 2017.(Katherine Holland/CBC)
In every field of endeavour, be it science or sport, there are giants. People like Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, and on the less serious side of things, Babe Ruth and Wayne Gretzky. When it comes to fisheries science, however, especially understanding and managing smallmouth bass, Dr. David Philipp is in a league of his own. An avid angler who strives to be on the water at least 100 days a season, Philipp is the Chair of the Board of the Fisheries Conservation Foundation and Principal Scientist at the University of Illinois where he is also a Professor Emeritus. Over a long and distinguished career, Philipp has written two books and co-authored dozens of peer-reviewed papers in the most prodigious journals on his favourite fish. It is fair to say there is not a fisheries manager worth his or her salt that hasn’t been guided by Philipp’s typically ground-breaking work.