Modifier l'environnement pour répondre à nos besoins n'est pas un concept nouveau. Du défrichage à la construction de barrages, cela fait des années et des années que nous le faisons. Lorsque nos technologies et populations […]
Plus de 13% du Produit intérieur brut (PIB) du Canada dépend directement des écosystèmes en santé, selon une note de réunion interne d'Environnement Canada obtenue par Postmedia News. Par contraste, le projet économique de prédilection […]
Imagine what it would be like to watch a forest fire. Would you feel sad as you watched the trees and bushes burn and gradually turn to ash? Would you […]
Scientists often come up with new discoveries, technologies or theories. But sometimes they rediscover what our ancestors already knew. A couple of recent findings show we have a lot to […]
It’s easy to imagine an astronomer spending their days (or, rather, their nights) gazing up at the stars observing planetary activity and other celestial bodies. To a certain extent you […]
The Curiosity Rover is a mobile laboratory built by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory. Launched on November 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Curiosity’s 23 month journey through outer space […]
Extreme heat and extreme cold can kill within hours if not minutes. In extreme cold, the human body without clothing does not maintain a high enough temperature to live. If […]
