Raincoast Research among top 100 Science Stories of 2009.
Discover Magazine has identified the work of Raincoast research scientists Dr. Chris Darimont and Dr. Paul Paquet in their Top Science Stories of 2009.
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Victoria researcher gains fame for big-shrink theory
By Judith Lavoie, Victoria Times Colonist Predatory behaviour of humans is causing some species to shrink at an unprecedented rate, says a Victoria research scientist whose study has been deemed one of the top science stories of last year.
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Close Encounters of the Black Bear Kind
The black bear poked his head around the big cedar stump and we stared at each other for a moment. I was sitting on a fallen limb on the other side of the stump,
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Re: A climate of denial
Focus Magazine, January 2010 Re: A climate of denial (Dec 2009) All the credible evidence vetted in countless scientifically peer-reviewed papers shows the primary cause of climate disruption is anthropogenic. Further, the scientific community agrees that global warming poses severe risks to humanity and requires immediate action to limit carbon emissions.
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Climate change is real and demands a concerted effort
By Chris Genovali, Vancouver Sun, December 22, 2009 Re: The scare tacticians: ‘Scientists’ should face criminal prosecution, Dec. 18 David Warren’s paranoia-ridden anti-science polemic reads like something Sarah Palin would have penned. Come to think of it, she recently wrote an article in the Washington Post peddling the same kinds of fringe theories on climate…
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Raincoast’s Heather Bryan celebrated by Wings WorldQuest
Raincoast’s Heather Bryan is celebrated by Wings World Quest for her work on wolves in Canada’s great bear rainforest. Click here to get the pdf story. Heather’s 2008 Wings World Quest report is available at: http://explore.wingsworldquest.org/BC_Bryan_2008.
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Climategate’ a convenient sideshow to real issue
Victoria News, December 18, 2009 Re: Information confirms ‘climategate’ scandal (Letters, Dec. 4) Conspiracy theory prone climate change deniers have seized upon the alleged climategate controversy to demand a “cautious approach” at Copenhagen or even an abandonment of mitigation measures.
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Climategate is a convenient sideshow
by Chris Genovali The Ottawa Citizen, December 18, 2009 Re: The myth of global warming, Dec 12. Columnist David Warren’s anti-science polemic reads like something Sarah Palin would have penned. Come to think of it, she recently had an opinion article in the Washington Post peddling the same kind of fringe theories on climate change…
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‘Climategate’ is the first in a new wave of attacks
by Chris Genovali The Ecologist The emails hacked from the servers of the University of East Anglia continue to cause controversy. But it was not a singular attack, says Chris Genovali,just the only successful one so far… Sceptics in Canada have used the so-called ‘Climategate’ controversy to call for a cautious approach at COP 15…
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Hopenhagen or Dopenhagen?
by Chris Genovali Truthout.org Dec. 18, 2009 Georgia Strait, Dec 17, 2009 Common Dreams, Dec 15, 2009 In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen, an eclectic group made up primarily of corporations and media outlets put forward the notion of “Hopenhagen.” The following is extracted from their mission…
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Climate change: policy in the dark
Toronto Star Re: Climate change: policy in the dark, Editorial Dec. 11 Kudos to the Star for its thoughtful editorial. Reflecting on the federal government’s continued foot dragging on the climate change file, as well as its predilection for “shouting down critics and environmental activists,” as your editorial points out, one has to wonder what…
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Now the ball is in Canada’s court
Montreal Gazette, December 11, 2009 Re: “U.S. EPA moves on climate as Congress stalls” (Gazette, Dec. 8) Now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, will Canada follow suit and harmonize with this policy?
