The world's coral reefs are facing another mass bleaching event — maybe the biggest ever
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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared another mass coral bleaching event — with more than half the world’s reefs suffering in the last year. Experts worry global sea surface temperatures, which have hit historic highs in the last year, might push these organisms past the point of no return ..read more
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Up close with orca rescue team in B.C.
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As plans develop for a daring rescue of a stranded orca calf on northern Vancouver Island, CBC News got an up-close look at the efforts. The whale has been stuck in a lagoon and orphaned, since its pregnant mother became trapped by a low tide and died weeks ago ..read more
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The divide over driverless taxis in San Francisco
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The tech hub of San Francisco has become a growing market for driverless taxis. CBC’s Jean-François Bélanger takes a ride to learn about why people are divided over having so many on the road ..read more
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Engineers attempt to fix a computer glitch on Voyager 1
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The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched by NASA in 1977, is more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth. Now, a glitch is sending corrupted data back to the ground ..read more
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Chief says rescue effort for stranded orca calf four, five days away as plans ramp up
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Plans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos within four or five days, says the area's First Nation chief ..read more
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School uncovers buried stream, transforms its schoolyard
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In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we learn what happened after a Toronto school 'daylighted' a buried creek through its schoolyard, take a look at a highrise in Halifax that set a new green energy record and visit a grocery store in Brandon, Man., that saves food and customers' money ..read more
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Meet Spirit, a robot being trained to walk on the moon
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Scientists are putting a 'robot dog' named Spirit through its paces in the rugged terrain of Oregon's Mount Hood, in preparation for future space missions in which people and robots work together. The research is part of the LASSIE Project, which stands for Legged Autonomous Surface Science In Analog Environments ..read more
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Wildland firefighters' respiratory health to be studied by UBC
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A study monitoring wildland firefighters' respiratory health is underway in B.C ..read more
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B.C. firm wins NASA challenge with space-friendly menu
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Space food isn't just Tang and puréed meat in a tube anymore — it's mushroom bacon and fresh strawberries that have earned a North Vancouver company the grand prize in a Canadian Space Agency and NASA challenge to make food indoors ..read more
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Did the solar eclipse make this week’s tides more extreme? Kind of…
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Tides across Atlantic Canada have been significantly higher and lower than usual this week. That’s partly because of normal spring tide patterns, but the recent eclipse is also playing a part. CBC P.E.I. meteorologist Jay Scotland walks us through the science ..read more
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