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Toll from worst S.W. Florida red tide in decade grows

These samples are analyzed for detection and enumeration of Karenia brevis-the species responsible for Florida red tide-along with water quality parameters, phy...

Environment Canada issues heat warning for Montreal

Some of these thunderstorms will have the potential to produce significant rainfall amounts as well as wind gusts to 90 km/h. The national weather agency said...

Heat warning issued for Guelph, surrounding area

The federal weather agency said Toronto and much of southern Ontario could feel like 40 C with the humidex. Overnight minimum temperatures will only fall to nea...

Mysterious Rogue Planet Detected Outside Solar System

Brown dwarves are hard objects to categorise they are too huge to be considered planets and not big enough to be considered stars. Scientists theorise that one...

Hurricane Hector is headed toward Hawaii where a volcano is erupting

Hector is moving toward the west near 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue for the next few days with an increase in forw...

Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for NASA’s new private space flight programme

Eric Boe , retired Navy Capt. It will be led by Robert Behnken , a flight test engineer and Air Force colonel, who flew on Endeavour twice and has completed mor...

Degrading plastics 'release greenhouse gases', study shows

Polyethylene, which is used in shopping bags, is the most produced and discarded synthetic polymer across the globe. The research, carried out by the Universi...

Citing competitiveness pressures, feds ease carbon tax thresholds

Stewart Elgie, director of the Environment Institute at the University of Ottawa, said the government is making a smart change because it reflects the reality t...

Death Valley sets record for world's hottest month

It's probably nowhere near the new tentative world's record for hottest month anywhere on Earth, held by Death Valley National Park in California. Meteorolo...

NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceships

Both Boeing and SpaceX have issues to work out before they can complete their first crewed flights; the 2019 dates are targets and may be optimistic ones at...

Degrading plastics give off harmful greenhouse gases

The findings are of considerable concern after the Met Office warned this week that our summers are getting wetter and warmer - in keeping with the predicted ef...

Killer whale carries dead calf for week during 'deep grieving'

We are saddened to report that a baby Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) died a short time after it was born near... According CBC , members of the mother...

Greenhouse gases surge to new highs worldwide in 2017: US report

El Niño is the warm phase of a routine sea surface temperature pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The rise in globally averaged levels of methane from 201...

Canada updates its carbon emissions tax policy

The government of Saskatchewan has asked the province's Appeal Court to determine whether the federal government has the power to impose a carbon price, and Sas...

Liberals plan on softening carbon tax because of competitiveness

Although Ottawa won't be assessing which provinces have such plans until September, Moffet said when the original consultations took place, the federal governme...

Man seen taunting bison at Yellowstone National Park has been arrested

On Tuesday, July 31, he was in a vehicle that was stopped at Yellowstone National Park for a traffic violation. Reinke was apparently intoxicated and argumentat...

We already used up Earth’s resources for the year. It’s August

According to GFN, the estimated level of resources and ecosystem services required to support human activities at their current rate equals 1.7 Earths (as h...

SpaceX Will Fly Astronauts Before Boeing

NASA today laid out a newly stretched-out schedule for flying astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil, with SpaceX's first such flight se...

NASA is naming 8 astronauts to fly SpaceX and Boeing's new spaceships

The astronauts assignments will be for both the test flights of Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon , which won't dock with the ISS, as well as the...

Scientists Pick Up First Mysterious Radio Signal From Deep Space

As a result, scientists believe that the source (whatever it is - PRESUMABLY ALIENS, THOUGH) is likely to be extremely powerful. Not very memorable that's for s...

Dragon Ready for Return Ahead of Commercial Crew Announcement

On Friday, NASA is expected to announce which of four astronauts will ride on test flights and maiden voyages of the Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon , whi...

Greenhouse gases surge to new highs worldwide in 2017: U.S. report

This was not only the highest in the modern 38-year global record, it is also the highest seen ice-core records dating back as far as 800,000 years. So far, 201...

Trump administration seeks to freeze gas mileage standards for new cars

Automakers view the new proposal as a starting point for negotiations with California , with hopes of keeping one fuel efficiency standard for the entire nat...

Keystone pipeline gets key approval from State Department

The property affected by the oil spill has been cleaned up, John said. It said the pipeline would have only minor impacts on cultural resources, such as Nativ...

USA eyes freeze of fuel efficiency rules

The EPA rule also calls for a 50-state solution whereby all states would follow the same mileage and emissions rules - killing California's right to set its...

What Today's Earth Overshoot Day Means for Humanity and our Planet

Now we are using the equivalent of 1.7 Earths (and 2 Earths by 2030) - thanks to overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more Carbon dioxide into th...

Skygazers revel in blood moon, cloud hinders Delhis view

The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century took place over the weekend, and Dubai was among one of the top spots in the world to watch it. By 9.3...

5 participants, 5 gold: India shines at Physics Olympiad

The five boys-Lay Jain and Pawan Goyal from Kota, Bhaskar Gupta from Mumbai, Nishant Abhangi from Rajkot and Siddharth Tiwary from Kolkata-were selected by the ...

Mars closest to earth in 15 years today

The approach on Tuesday will make Mars brightest since 2003. "Each Martian year, moderately large dust storms cover continent-sized areas and last for weeks a...

NASA's Planet-Hunting TESS Spacecraft Is Now Operational

For the next two years, TESS will be monitoring numerous nearest and brightest of the stars and analyzing their periodic dips of light. "With possibly more pl...