Climate & Environment

A sudden bright flash of light followed by a loud boom on Friday night is the result of thundersnow, says a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

The highest gusts were recorded in Dand, Man., northwest of Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, at 100 km/h.

The last day of February was sunny and unseasonably warm across much of B.C. In five communities, it was the hottest Feb. 28 on record.

A British Columbia entrepreneur experienced a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounter this week when a pod of dolphins chased him down while he was shooting a video on his personal watercraft.

The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.

The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is experiencing a 'dramatic surge' in building collapses linked to coastal erosion and rising levels of the Mediterranean Sea, new research has found.

Three tropical cyclones are spinning in the South Pacific, an occurrence that scientists say is unusual.

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

Scientists from the University of Athens monitoring an earthquake swarm near the island of Santorini said Monday the phenomenon was in 'gradual decline' nearly a month after the multiple tremors started.

A 2.7 magnitude earthquake shook communities in southwestern Ontario on Friday evening.

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Wednesday on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Weather advisories have been issued in five provinces and one territory, warning Canadians of a range of conditions from extreme cold and blizzards to heavy wind and rain.

The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef departed from south Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront on Wednesday, marking the opening segment of its final voyage.

Climate advocacy groups are calling on officials to crack down on the fossil fuel industry’s role in K-12 education, suggesting its alleged influence has gone largely unchecked in the absence of robust climate change education.

An advocacy group is calling on Canada’s public pension managers to use their financial heft to more publicly work to reduce climate change as political efforts become less reliable.