Earth Day 2024: How KFC is Championing Sustainability

FTW Outdoors
Montana antler hunter kills grizzly bear during tense encounter
The man, who was not carrying bear spray, drew a handgun and fired five shots at the charging bear.
Miami Herald
Boaters dumping trash in South Florida’s waters? Teens face felony charges
They were arrested on pollution charges after a video of the illegal dumping went viral.
CBC
Q&A: Worms are showing up in Ontario with hammerheads. What exactly are they?
Have you noticed a worm in your garden that's much longer than most, and has a hammerhead? You're not alone.There have been reports of hammerhead worms showing up in Ontario, but although they've recently been noticed in the province, Jonathan Witt, an invertebrate biologist from the University of Waterloo, said that they've been in North America much longer. CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's The Morning Edition host, Craig Norris spoke to Witt about what these animals are and how they got here. This int
CBC
TransAlta scraps wind farm project as energy market changes loom for Alberta
TransAlta, one of Alberta's largest power generators, has cancelled a proposed wind farm development and is putting a hold on three other power projects, citing provincial rule changes and a lack of certainty in the market.In February, Alberta's government announced new rules on the development of renewable power in the province. They imposed a new 35-kilometre buffer zone around areas deemed "pristine viewscapes."Calgary-based TransAlta said those rules, coupled with a lack of clarity around th
Sacramento Bee
Women: Would you rather meet a bear or a man alone in the woods? I’d pick the bear | Opinion
Women say they’d much rather encounter a bear in the woods than a strange man. This has made men incredibly angry, which proves our point, writes Robin Epley.
Futurism
Spacecraft Takes Close Up Video of the Sun, Revealing Otherworldly Hellscape
The European Space Agency has released an incredible video of the Sun's roiling surface, which was taken by its Solar Orbiter last year. The video shows strands of energized particles leaving the star's lower atmosphere in the form of "coronal rain," with small eruptions of plasma dotting a fuzzy, "coronal moss" surface — a […]
The Weather Network
Anomalously potent May storm will hit the Prairies with drenching rains, winds
An abnormally strong storm is earmarked for impact on the Prairies next week, threatening multiple days of heavy rain and blustery winds
The Weather Network - Video
Storm risk may hinder outdoor plans in southern Ontario
The risk of storms looms over southern Ontario, potentially disrupting outdoor plans and activities. Meteorologist Rhythm Reet from The Weather Network gives all the details about this developing story.
The Weather Network
Storm, rain risk may disrupt weekend plans for some in southern Ontario
May is finally here, bringing us one month closer to the coveted summer months! But the first weekend may not be as nice as you’d like
Futurism
James Webb Detects Weather on Exoplanet From 280 Light Years Away
Cloudy With a Chance of Molten Iron The scientific instruments on board NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are so sensitive, they can tell the weather on an exoplanet a whopping 280 light-years away. Using the telescope mid-infrared light spectrometer, a team of international scientists managed to map the weather on the surface of WASP-43 b, […]
HowStuffWorks
10 Deep Sea Creatures That Are (Almost) Too Bizarre to Be Real
Far below the ocean's surface, in the dark depths of the deep sea floor ecosystem (about 3,000 feet or 1,000 meters deep), exists an entire world of deep sea creatures that humans rarely glimpse.
BBC
Pair of ducklings 'terrified of water' rescued from Derby park's lake
The two were domestic breeds that would not have survived one night in the wild, say rescuers.
Bloomberg
The World’s Hunger for Salmon Is Linked to an Ecological Disaster
(Bloomberg) -- Fermented herring, a Swedish delicacy, holds such a special place in the country’s culture that national newspapers review each year’s vintage and the first sale of the year receives hype akin to the first Beaujolais of the season. It’s also an acquired taste; social media videos abound of brave folks trying a food that smells like “eggs rotting in open sewage.”Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventBerkshire Cash Hoard Scores Another
The Weather Network
Historic tropical cyclone threatens Tanzania with major flooding
Hidaya is the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Tanzanian region
The Weather Network
Additional soggy weather is good news for drought-stricken Prairies
An active pattern that brought snow this week will continue into the weekend and beyond with additional rounds of precipitation for areas that need it
CNN
Hundreds of thousands of fish die off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
A mass fish die-off in a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province has shone a new light on soaring temperatures in Southeast Asia.
CBC
Ontario's carbon emissions jump back to pre-pandemic levels
New figures show Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions jumped for a second straight year, following a pandemic-induced plunge, and have risen back to the level they were before Premier Doug Ford's government came to power. The figures come from the annual national inventory of emissions, which reveals sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases across all provinces and all sectors, including industry, transportation and buildings. The report shows Ontario produced 157 megatonnes of c
CBC
Fungal disease ends tulip season for local farm
A local farm in Ottawa is calling it quits on its spring season after a fungal disease destroyed 500,000 tulips. The disease, called tulip fire, is devastating for farmers as the spores remain in the soil for years and cause tulip leaves to wither, twist and appear scorched."Seeing the tractor turning the tulips over was heartbreaking," said Manja Bastian, the co-owner of Green Corners Farm, as she watched her tulip fields being ripped up. Bastian and her husband Allan Groen bought the 13 acre f
Euronews
Wild orangutan uses a medicinal plant to treat a wound in 'first time' observation by scientists
“This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound.”
Associated Press
E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
When he first started working two decades ago in Nhat Tao market, Ho Chi Minh City’s biggest informal recycling market, he usually salvaged computers with bulky monitors and heavy processors. Most repair shops are a single room crammed with junked electronic devices or e-waste with tables placed outside. Workers, many of them migrants from across Vietnam, repair or salvage items like laptops, scarred mobile phones, camera lenses, television remotes, even entire air conditioning units.

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Earth Day 2024: How KFC is Championing Sustainability

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Montana antler hunter kills grizzly bear during tense encounter

Boaters dumping trash in South Florida’s waters? Teens face felony charges

Q&A: Worms are showing up in Ontario with hammerheads. What exactly are they?

TransAlta scraps wind farm project as energy market changes loom for Alberta

Women: Would you rather meet a bear or a man alone in the woods? I’d pick the bear | Opinion

Spacecraft Takes Close Up Video of the Sun, Revealing Otherworldly Hellscape

Anomalously potent May storm will hit the Prairies with drenching rains, winds

Storm risk may hinder outdoor plans in southern Ontario

Storm, rain risk may disrupt weekend plans for some in southern Ontario

James Webb Detects Weather on Exoplanet From 280 Light Years Away

10 Deep Sea Creatures That Are (Almost) Too Bizarre to Be Real

Pair of ducklings 'terrified of water' rescued from Derby park's lake

The World’s Hunger for Salmon Is Linked to an Ecological Disaster

Historic tropical cyclone threatens Tanzania with major flooding

Additional soggy weather is good news for drought-stricken Prairies

Hundreds of thousands of fish die off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia

Ontario's carbon emissions jump back to pre-pandemic levels

Fungal disease ends tulip season for local farm

Wild orangutan uses a medicinal plant to treat a wound in 'first time' observation by scientists

E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it