Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland for the 6th time since December
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland for the 6th time since December.
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The Weather NetworkWhat would permanent Daylight Saving Time look like in Canada?
Every dark winter day prompts calls to make Daylight Saving Time a permanent fixture. What would ending the annual time change look like in Canada?
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Scientists looked deep beneath the Doomsday Glacier. What they found spells potential disaster for the planet
Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse.
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Canada's first bitter chill sends cold, snow diving south
Canada reaches its first -10 degrees of the season more details with meteorologist Amandeep Purewal.
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This is when peak northern lights activity will occur
A busy series of northern lights activity will soon come to a peak as the sun reaches its solar maximum stage in the coming months. Several regions in the United States were treated to a multicolored light show earlier this week due to an increase in solar storm activity. Opportunities to see the northern lights are expected to increase in the coming months.
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Coast Guard marine investigators release underwater footage of the Titan submersible wreckage
A U.S. Coast Guard hearing into the catastrophic implosion of a tourist sub en route to the Titanic wreck has released underwater footage of the stricken experimental vessel in which five people died. (AP Video produced by Rodrique Ngowi.)
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A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
LONDON (AP) — Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.
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Atmospheric river soaking the B.C. coast with heavy rainfall
A wet weekend ahead is going to leave certain cities along the BC coastline with upwards of 100mm of rainfall. Meteorologist Rhythm Reet from The Weather Network breaks down the details.
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A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment Agency, which declined to have the animal relocated, Westfjords Police Chief Helgi Jensson told The Associated Press. Polar bears are not native to Iceland but occasionally come ashore after traveling on ice floes from Greenland, according to Anna Sveinsdóttir, director of scientific collections at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History.
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'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam. Corpses of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies on what used to be main streets.
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Zoo Atlanta bids farewell to pandas after 25 years
After a quarter-century hosting giant pandas, Zoo Atlanta is saying goodbye to its beloved residents. The zoo announced its four giant pandas: Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun will head home to China mid-October. Meanwhile, the San Diego Zoo welcomed two new pandas this summer, and the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington expects to become home to two bears by the end of 2024.
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Stormtracker: National Hurricane Center tracks system with tropical storm potential
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two disturbances in the Atlantic that have a small chance of becoming tropical depressions or storms.
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Severe storms take aim at northwestern Ontario with a tornado risk Thursday
Back-to-back storm days have covered much of the Prairies this week, with Thursday's risk taking aim at parts of northwestern Ontario, and the threat for tornadoes on the table. Stay alert to the changing conditions
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Gas prices in Canada snap six-week stretch of declines
The nationwide average for regular fuel added 0.7 cents per litre between Sept. 12 and Sept. 19, according to data from Kalibrate.
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US study on China's 'much stronger' innovation, discounted Apple iPhone 16s: 7 highlights
Can China innovate and outcompete the US in their pitched battle for technological supremacy? A 20-month investigation into the innovation performance of 44 Chinese firms across key technologies revealed a troubling yes for the US. The deadly pager explosions in Lebanon could prompt increased caution in China about the weaponisation of electric products, analysts have said.
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New study explains why tsunami signals last year in Greenland lasted for days
New research explains what exactly happened a year ago, when large seismic waves from Greenland caused the earth to tremble for nine days and the movement was detected at monitoring stations worldwide — including in Yellowknife.In a paper published last week in Science magazine, researchers describe how a tsunami became trapped inside Dickson Fjord, Greenland, in September 2023 after a mountaintop collapsed. The resulting wave, which scientists measured up to 200 metres high, sloshed back and fo
- South China Morning Post
China to 'gradually' lift ban on Japanese seafood imports
China has agreed to "gradually resume" imports of Japanese seafood products a year after it imposed a ban in response to the release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The decision was made after "rounds of talks" between Beijing and Tokyo over the impact discharging the waste water into the Pacific Ocean, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday afternoon. The announcement also came a day after a 10-year-old Japanese boy died from stab wounds sustained in a kni
- Euronews
4°C hotter in Paris and 2.2m in the path of flooding: France’s extreme weather only set to get worse
The report’s authors hope it can act as a roadmap for local authorities to adapt and accelerate the green transition.
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Researchers using AI models say the North is susceptible to severe droughts in decades ahead
Canada's North could see some of the most severe drought conditions in the country over the coming decades, according to a new study that used artificial intelligence and historical data to map future drought zones. Researchers from the University of Ottawa and Laval University developed a model using AI and over 40 years of data from the Canadian Drought Monitor, a database for drought conditions updated monthly by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. The AI model, which was developed by the team
- Popular Mechanics
Scientists Think a Mega-El Niño Helped Spark the ‘Great Dying’
Over 90 percent of species on Earth perished during the end-Permian mass extinction.
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These 34 creatures were recently discovered as new species. Take a look
From 8-eyed spiders to a new species resembling a “miniature dragon.”