My Tree app helps you choose the right tree for your backyard Would wild cherry trees thrive on Prince Edward Island today? Would apples grow in the orchard outside Green Gables? There’s now an app for that — My Tree. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
Hot springs temporarily run dry after Haida Gwaii earthquake The hot springs in Gandll K'in Gwaay.yaay, a small island in the southeast Haida Gwaii archipelago, were some of the hottest in Canada — reaching up to 80°C — until a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Haida Gwaii in October 2012. Keywords: Climate change Geosciences Indigenous Read more
Feeding the forest… with leftovers Scientists at Natural Resources Canada are exploring the potential of using wood ash as a forest fertilizer. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
Seeds that Succeed When a researcher in Northern Ontario was exploring options for trees that might thrive in her community’s changing climate, she zeroed in on the hardy jack pine. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
Wetland fire research improves air quality forecasts and carbon accounting Wildfires — we usually think of them in terms of forests. But in Canada’s boreal forest, up to one-third of the area burned in wildfires can affect wetlands, which include bogs — also known as muskeg — and swamps. Keywords: Climate change Forestry and insects Read more
Eat, Prey, Love – Stopping the Spruce Budworm The spruce budworm is the most serious pest affecting forests in eastern North America. Today, an outbreak is under way in Quebec, and budworm populations are on the rise in New Brunswick. Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
Climate change: Arctic coastlines eroding up to 40 m yearly Talk of climate change impact often focuses on the future — 10, 20 or 50 years ahead. But in the Arctic, the erosion of coastline can sometimes be measured from one day to another. Keywords: Arctic Climate change Geosciences Read more
Footprint meets hoofprint: measuring a mine’s effects on caribou Both traditional knowledge and scientific studies have observed that barren-ground caribou are very sensitive to changes in their environment. Keywords: Mining Read more
Slowing the march of the mountain pine beetle From biology to modelling and beyond, Natural Resources Canada scientist is helping to build a big-picture understanding of this beetle. Thumbnail attached Keywords: Forestry and insects Read more
The Mystery of the Missing Village John Cassidy explains how Traditional knowledge, science and history align on big west coast earthquakes. Keywords: Geosciences Natural hazards Indigenous Read more