Eat, Prey, Love – Stopping the Spruce Budworm The spruce budworm is the most serious pest affecting forests in eastern North America. Today, an outbreak is under way in Quebec, and budworm populations are on the rise in New Brunswick. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
Climate change: Arctic coastlines eroding up to 40 m yearly Talk of climate change impact often focuses on the future — 10, 20 or 50 years ahead. But in the Arctic, the erosion of coastline can sometimes be measured from one day to another. Keywords: Arctic Climate change Geosciences Read more
Footprint meets hoofprint: measuring a mine’s effects on caribou Both traditional knowledge and scientific studies have observed that barren-ground caribou are very sensitive to changes in their environment. Keywords: Mining Read more
Slowing the march of the mountain pine beetle From biology to modelling and beyond, Natural Resources Canada scientist is helping to build a big-picture understanding of this beetle. Thumbnail attached Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
The Mystery of the Missing Village John Cassidy explains how Traditional knowledge, science and history align on big west coast earthquakes. Keywords: Geosciences Natural hazards Indigenous Read more
When the earth whispers … On the day that Simply Science caught up with seismologist Dr. John Cassidy in Victoria, there was, by coincidence, a small earthquake in that city. Keywords: Geosciences Natural hazards Read more
Indigenous students get creative with geospatial data Nicole Collison and Kyla Hvatum, two young Indigenous women from Inuvik, used data conversion software to create a Minecraft world of their town’s satellite station facility. Keywords: Geosciences Indigenous Maps Read more
Christmas tree science When it comes to Christmas trees, the Grinch can have wings, antennae and several pairs of legs or eyes. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
World’s tallest hybrid wood building: Vancouver’s 18-storey student residence 7 things to know about the Brock Commons UBC Residence, the world’s tallest hybrid wood building. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
Biorefineries: Helping Transform Canada’s Forest Industry Pulp and paper mills across Canada are transforming themselves into modern biorefineries by producing a wide range of new forest products. Keywords: Energy Forestry and insects Read more