If all goes well, Canadians may once again see the night sky erupt in a multitude of colours. The sun has been very active over […]
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What’s the right temperature for your air conditioning?
Is your office freezing? Do you need to keep cool to stay healthy? Should you set your thermostat based on recommendations from your utility? If […]
Bike sharing sees huge growth in Canada’s cities
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This kind of public transportation is growing fast
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We’ve had 12 months of record-breaking global heat. How close are we to passing the 1.5 C limit?
While the last 12-month period globally reached 1.64 C above pre-industrial levels, according to the latest data from the Copernicus climate research program, that isn’t quite […]
Large asteroid to pass between Earth and the moon on Saturday
Earth is surrounded by rocky bodies and bits of debris from when the solar system formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. On Saturday, one of […]
This scientist helps link climate change to disasters. That’s helping victims sue
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Expect above-average summer temperatures, Canada’s environmental agency warns
Canadians, get ready for another summer of above-average temperatures. That’s the message from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), delivered Tuesday in its summer seasonal […]
How the new version of ChatGPT generates hate and disinformation on command
GPT-4o, OpenAI’s latest language model that has just been made freely available, has major safety flaws, an investigation by Radio-Canada’s disinformation-busting unit, Décrypteurs, has uncovered. The […]
Space junk is raining from the sky. Who’s responsible when it hits the Earth?
In March 2022, a couple living in the rural town of São Mateus do Sul, Brazil, were shocked to find a 600-kilogram piece of smashed metal […]