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A plastic bag drifts in a shallow sea.
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Satellite Imagery Reveals Plastic Garbage in the Ocean

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 15 April 20193 March 2023

Using high-resolution satellite data, scientists pinpoint discarded plastics floating off the coasts of Canada and Scotland.

A white man in a fedora looks into the gaping maw of a T. rex fossil.
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King of the Tyrannosaurs Goes on Display

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 10 April 20194 October 2022

The biggest, oldest T. rex found to date shows how big tyrannosaurs could get.

A tornado touches down near Elie, Manitoba, Canada, in June 2007
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Before Canadian Scientists Can Study Tornadoes, They Have to Find Them

by R. Kaufman 22 March 201925 July 2022

A yearlong project aims to find more than 150 “missing” tornadoes thought to hit Canada each year.

A researcher collects a rock sample for dating
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More Evidence Humans Migrated to the Americas via Coastal Route

by Terri Cook 7 February 201928 October 2022

A new chronology shows that ice-free areas existed along the British Columbia coast earlier than previously thought.

A scientist installs GPS equipment to monitor earthquakes.
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Ancient Faults Amplify Intraplate Earthquakes

by Terri Cook 23 January 20194 October 2022

A comparison of deformation rates from Canada’s Saint Lawrence Valley offers compelling evidence that strain in the region is concentrated along ancient structures from previous tectonic cycles.

Cache Lake in Ontario, Canada, surrounded by northern hardwood forest.
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Hydrology Dictates Fate of Carbon from Northern Hardwood Forests

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 12 October 201821 March 2022

As spring snowmelt and fall rains inundate northern hardwood forests with moisture, soil bacteria get moving and increase carbon exports to the atmosphere and into nearby water bodies.

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Getting Littoral with Lake Carbon Efflux

by Ankur R. Desai 27 April 20188 November 2022

Next generation forced diffusion chambers reveal dynamic environment for lake carbon exchange with distance from shoreline.

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Drones Hunt for Impacts of Oil Exploration on Wetland Emissions

by Ankur R. Desai 19 April 201811 January 2022

Seismic lines, constructed for petroleum resource exploration, disturb Canadian peatlands, but how can we detect their impact on greenhouse gas budgets?

Aurora in Manitoba, Canada
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An Aurora of a Different Color

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 4 April 201814 February 2022

Meet STEVE, a purple and green, low-latitude, aurora-like phenomenon whose inner workings were uncovered with the help of citizen scientists.

Erosion eats away at the permafrost of Canada’s Yukon Coastal Plain
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Carbon Release from Permafrost Erosion Along the Yukon Coast

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 16 March 201827 September 2022

New findings highlight the need to account for large amounts of ground ice contained in frozen soil when assessing Arctic carbon cycling.

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