A mother humpback whale and her calf swim on the Antigonia seamount located near the New Caledonian islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Credit: copyright Opération cétacés Underwater mountains are key stopovers in the migratory routes of an endangered population of humpback whales in the South Pacific, new research shows. Humpback […]
Scientists monitored the travels of the southwestern Pacific humpback whale in an offshore habitat off New Caledonia, in the South Pacific Ocean. They found that underwater mountains called seamounts serve as key stopovers in the whales’ migratory routes. Here’s a look at images from the tracking study of the humpback […]
Enlarge + A work crew operates a drilling rig near Little Lake in the Oregon Coast Range, where researchers pulled up a buried archive of sediment that helped them detail climate changes dating to a massive landslide 50,000 years ago. The location is just west of the community of Triangle Lake […]
Change the world: ‘If you have a dream and it comes true, it’s a very cool thing,’ says Bill Gates Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY WASHINGTON, Nov 27 () – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar clean energy research and development initiative on Monday, the opening day of the U.N. […]
Doggerland: Current extent of southern North Sea megasurvey 3D seismic data. MAPPING DOGGERLAND, GAFFNEY, THOMSON, AND FITCH IN 1931 A fishing boat trawling the North Sea hauled in a spear point along with its catch. The sharpened piece of antler with barbs carved into one sides was almost 14,000 years […]
Canada AM: Staying safe with shopping online Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the biggest online shopping days of the year, but they’ve also become big days for hackers. Follow these tips to stay safe when you head to the (virtual) mall this Cyber Monday: Always know who you’re buying […]
The Raspberry Pi Zero is a real computer priced at US$5. (Raspberry) The Raspberry Pi foundation has broken a new record by launching a computer for the price of just C$8 or 4 British pounds. Ultracompact, with no pre-installed operating system, Raspberry Pi Zero has just the essentials — a […]
Guests gather at the grand opening of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights in Winnipeg on September 17, 2014. (John Woods/THE CANADIAN PRESS) It’s been more than ten years since Google Earth first began capturing satellite images of Canadian cities. Today, a virtual trip back in time shows how some […]
Living in the city “without my animals, I’ve lost my identity,”, says shepherd Toro When yet another drought wiped out his flock five years ago, Toro, a Fulani shepherd in Niger, decided to migrate to the capital Niamey, where he found work selling cell phones instead. “Without water or grass, […]
Greenpeace activists make a CO2 sign at the entrance to the Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, central Germany, on November 9, 2015 Outrage over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal has revealed that the public will no longer settle when it comes to environmental protections, the president of last year’s UN climate conference told […]