Polar bears around Hudson Bay may only last until mid-century
Hudson Bay polar bears are facing extinction much sooner than expected due to the dramatic loss of the sea ice they depend on to survive. Connor O'Donovan dives into the new research.
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FTW OutdoorsMoose chased by bear stops to look back; ‘You still coming?’
A wildlife biologist saw a moose and decided to take a short video. “It ended up being a better video than I expected,” Wes Larson said.
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Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same 'strange' female polar bear
A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada's western Arctic — which all started with a "pretty strange" female polar bear — is "quite rare," according to a new study. The research paper, published last week in the journal Conservation Genetics Resources, used a new tool to look at samples from 371 polar bears and 440 grizzly bears across Canada, Alaska and Greenland. The samples had been collected between 1975 and 2015. Ruth Rivkin, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Un
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Watch: Thieving bear steals workers' lunch from pickup truck in California
A black bear was caught on camera in California stealing a cooler from the back of a truck and settling in to eat lunch.
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I'm Pretty Much The Dumbest Guy On Earth So My Mind Just Got Blown After Seeing These 25 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week
You learn something new every day.
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NASA Rover Discovers Strange Stones, Never Before Seen on Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a shortcut to steer clear of a path riddled with boulders — and then stumbled into a field full of them that scientists have never seen before. On its fourth campaign since landing three years ago, the tireless rover roamed its way through a dried-up river channel called Neretva Vallis […]
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Two astronauts wait to come home as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues. Here’s what’s at stake
Two test pilots helming the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are in a tentative position — and so is Boeing’s reputation in spaceflight.
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Alberta's rate of population growth led the country to start 2024 — even before $5K 'moving bonus'
Alberta had the fastest rate of population growth in Canada over the first three months of the year, according to new data released Wednesday, and continues to be the most popular destination for people moving within the country.Statistics Canada estimates Alberta's population reached 4,849,906 as of April 1, up from 4,800,768 on Jan. 1.That marks a 1.02-per-cent increase in the span of just three months, which was the largest of any province or territory.Nationally, the population grew by 0.6 p
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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we know it.
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Birth of wildcat kittens in Kent wildlife park sparks hope for rarest UK mammal
Wildwood Trust said the litter were born about nine weeks ago in a dedicated off-show breeding enclosure, to parents Talla and Blair.
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City of Calgary calls for 3rd-party review into why water main ruptured
City officials have confirmed that there will be a full, third-party review into what caused the catastrophic water feeder main break that created an ongoing crisis for Calgary's water supply. "I know you want to understand what happened to this pipe in the first place, and I do too," said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek on Tuesday morning."It's for that reason that I called for a third party to do a complete incident review of this situation."David Duckworth, chief administrative officer for the Cit
- Popular Mechanics
Dark Matter May Not Be Invisible After All. This Discovery Could Prove It.
Researchers propose that dark matter particles could interact with Earth's ionosphere. This theory may lead to the first observable signs of dark matter.
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Alberto, season's first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths
TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto formed Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what is forecast to be a busy hurricane season. Authorities in Mexico reported three deaths from its rains.
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Calgary can now allow access to river water for businesses
A plan to get untreated water to industrial customers is in the works while restrictions and conservation efforts — triggered by a massive water main break in northwest Calgary — continue for the city's potable water.The provincial government issued two temporary diversion licences to the City of Calgary on Tuesday. This allows 200,000 cubic metres (200 million litres) for non-potable industrial use, with diversion points out of the Bow River.It means the city can track and manage water withdraw
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New study by Italian scientists predicts Venice will be underwater by 2150
There is a system of flood barriers in place in Venice’s lagoon, but these won’t be enough to protect the city from continual sinking and sea level rise.
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Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions
The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are successfully cutting emissions.
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Congress Just Passed The Biggest Clean-Energy Bill Since Biden's Climate Law
It's all on nuclear.
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Upset the Makah get to hunt a whale? Ditch your colonialist view of wildlife | Opinion
The tribe was unable to harvest whales for decades. Europeans were to blame. | Opinion
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What's a heat dome? Here's why so much of the US is broiling this week
FENTON, Mich. (AP) — With much of the Midwest and the Northeast broiling — or about to broil — in extreme summer heat this week, meteorologists are talking about heat waves and heat domes.
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A ship found far off Israel's coast could shed light on the navigation skills of ancient mariners
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday.
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'How Did It Get Up There?': New 'Mysterious' Monolith Found in Nevada Desert
The Las Vegas Police Department confirmed that the monolith was found along a popular hiking trail over the weekend