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• Water pollution in alluvial rivers is studied by an innovative and efficient approach

  21-08-2015 06:00
  
  (Science China Press) Water is non-renewable and scarce resource. Human beings cannot live without water. Experts predict that the battle in the future will inevitable be a battle of water resources. Therefore, the protection of water resources has strategic significance. However, phenomena of severe water pollution frequently occur all over the world and its complicated mechanism puzzles scientists. Now researchers have identified an innovative and efficient approach to study water pollution in
  
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• New tool measures real-world impacts of fossil fuel projects like N.L's Bay du Nord

  29-09-2026 15:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Australian researchers say they've built the world's first public tool for calculating how fossil fuel developments will affect the climate, and they're using the Bay du Nord offshore oil project as a test subject.
  
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• Grave of boy who vanished at residential school found decades later, First Nation looks for others like him

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The family of 11-year-old Johnny Kiyawasew, who never came home from St. Francis Xavier residential school, spent decades searching for answers. Now, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and the University of Alberta say they're doing extensive research to uncover the stories of other children like Johnny who went to residential school but never made it home.
  
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• Canada led a 2022 deal to protect the world's nature. Has there been progress since then?

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada helped land a global agreement to protect nature in 2022. A new assessment shows how successful it's been.
  
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• 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide is caused by infections, study suggests

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
  
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• 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
  
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• Elephants may use medicinal plants to treat themselves and their babies

  28-09-2026 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A new study taps into local knowledge to identify dozens of medicinal plants used elephants in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya. However, scientists caution that more research is needed.
  
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• SpaceX sends giant Starship into orbit for the first time but ends the flight early

  28-09-2026 18:18 via cbc.ca
  
  SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but decided to cut short the flight.
  
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• North Atlantic right whales at greater risk of collision with boats at night: study

  28-09-2026 14:46 via cbc.ca
  
  A recent study has found that critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are feeding closer to the ocean’s surface at night, increasing their risk of being struck by boats.
  
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• Crows are being given naloxone after suspected drug overdoses in Prince George

  28-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The increased toxicity of the illicit drug supply has prompted public warnings in the north-central B.C. city.
  
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• Severe dust pollution blowing into Alberta community downwind of the oilsands, study warns

  28-09-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New peer-reviewed research shows that Fort McKay, Alta. faces disproportionately high levels of dust pollution, frequently exceeding Alberta's regulatory guidelines for ambient air quality. Researchers say outdated monitoring standards leave the community vulnerable to intense spikes of contamination.
  
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• Astronaut chooses small-town Saskatchewan bison jerky to take to international space station

  28-09-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After approval through a NASA and CSA selection process, the food company based in Gull Lake will be supplying jerky for the four-person mission with a launch date of Oct. 1.
  
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• Speed over species? What experts are saying about Ottawa's new major projects bill

  28-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pieces of federal legislation, including laws to protect species at risk, water quality and fisheries.
  
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• Critics accuse Carney government of proposing 'sacrifice zones' for the environment

  28-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pieces of federal legislation, including laws to protect species at risk, water quality and fisheries.
  
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• Coyote killed in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, but closures still in place

  28-09-2026 00:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Parks Canada says staff have killed a coyote in the MacIntosh Brook area of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, but it’s not clear if the coyote is the same one that bit a camper earlier this week, triggering temporary closures in some areas of the park.
  
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• OpenAI pauses training of latest models after AI agents probed U.S. government sites in unexpected ways

  27-09-2026 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.
  
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• Record-breaking owl migration in northern B.C. leaves bird banders scrambling

  27-09-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A boom in mice and voles may have helped produce an unusually large wave of young saw-whet owls near Mackenzie, north of Prince George.
  
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• Mycelium with your meatballs? How one Vancouver company is farming fungi to combat the cost of cow

  27-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Vancouver-based company has figured out a way to grow and harvest mycelium — the hidden, underground root-like networks of fungus that give rise to mushrooms. The result is a food product that can add bulk to meat products.
  
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• Montreal squirrels change their coat colour depending on neighbourhood they live in, new study finds

  27-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new McGill study found that eastern grey squirrels in the city vary in coat colour depending on the neighbourhood they live in. The animals are influenced by local environmental conditions, including temperature and forest cover.
  
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• Black squirrels are helping Montreal scientists understand a city's role in animal evolution

  27-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Cities are far from uniform. Their diverse neighbourhoods, varying levels of tree cover and distinct boundaries — like Montreal’s waterways — create fine-scale environmental variations that can lead to different genetic and physical adaptations within the same animal population.
  
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• Behold the pawpaw, the tropical-tasting ‘alien banana’ that grows right here in Canada

  27-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The pawpaw fruit tastes of banana, mango and pineapple and was once abundant across parts of North America, but it can still be found growing wild and in some orchards.
  
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• Behold the pawpaw, the tropical ‘alien banana’ that grows right here in Canada

  27-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The pawpaw fruit tastes of banana, mango and pineapple and was once abundant across parts of North America, but it can still be found growing wild and in some orchards.
  
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• Why families are being urged to look closer on autumn walks

  27-09-2026 08:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts urge families to spot, photograph and enjoy autumn fungi on their doorstep.
  
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• Bumblebee project seeking to help rare species

  27-09-2026 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The programme to help the Moss carder species will focus on Cornwall, Kent and the North Pennines.
  
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• Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared

  27-09-2026 06:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities said the heavy rains have subsided but the flooding is not yet over.
  
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• Nor'easter brings flooding as New York and New Jersey declare emergency

  27-09-2026 06:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia are in the path of the powerful storm.
  
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• The young women guiding tourists through India's night sky

  27-09-2026 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronomy tourism is giving young women in Hanle income, confidence and a new role in their community.
  
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• With elk rut underway, study suggests bulls across North America bugle in different dialects

  26-09-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Elk bugles are a familiar sound in the Canadian Rockies during the fall rut. Research from the United States suggests bull elk across North America could actually be communicating with different dialects.
  
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• Squamish man uses motion-activated zombie to scare bears away from garbage

  26-09-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 33 bears have been killed by conservation officers in B.C. this year, including two that entered stores through automatic sliding doors in Hope and Squamish. It's led to creative solutions to keep the hungry animals away from attractants.
  
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• Hundreds of wildflowers to be planted at meadow

  26-09-2026 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Friends of the Lake District wants to reintroduce species lost to some farming practices.
  
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