by Alex Bond & Kasra Hassani Biology & Life Sciences subject editors Thousands of wildfires are raging across Canada’s boreal forest, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents and burning (as of 15 July 2015) more than 3 million ha, or 2.5 times the 10-year average for this time of year. According to […]
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Earth Day: Not just a single day
Sri Ray-Chauduri, Environment & Earth Sciences co-editor Did you know there are two Earth Days? April 22nd marks the Earth Day founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Nelson worked on conservation issues with the Kennedy administration in the early 1960s, and the protests and teach-ins of the era inspired him to do the […]