Science Matters archives
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Everything is illuminated
December 15, 2010December has traditionally been a time for people in the Northern Hemisphere to celebrate light. The nights get longer until December 21, when the North Pole is tilted furthest from... More »
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Canada's caribou crisis calls for collaboration
December 9, 2010It isn't every day that an international science summit brings together traditional Aboriginal knowledge and Western science. However, threats to a unique species call for a unique approach. The issue... More »
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Leaders rally to keep the tiger's future burning bright
December 1, 2010The Year of the Tiger ends in early February. Chinese zodiac aside, this hasn't been a good year for the tiger. Even golfer Tiger Woods has had a better year... More »
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Senate's move to kill bill a blow to Canadians and democracy
November 25, 2010On November 16, Canadian senators killed Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, with a surprise vote. The way the vote was carried out is an insult to Canadians and... More »
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We have much to learn from our elders
November 17, 2010As I approach my 75th birthday, I find myself often thinking about mortality. I'm in the last part of my life, and that's reality. This is the time when we... More »
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Drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is not worth the risk
November 11, 2010Given the importance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the provinces that border it, and indeed to all of Canada, we just can't afford to risk a spill like the one that devastated the Gulf of Mexico. More »
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Day of the Dead is a time to celebrate life — and monarch butterflies
November 4, 2010Every autumn, tens of millions of monarch butterflies take wing in southern Ontario, embarking on a miraculous 3,000-kilometre, two-month journey, arriving in central Mexico in late October and early November.... More »
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Ozone agreement shows that progress is possible
October 29, 2010International leadership based on sound science can lead to great results. For proof, we need only "look up, look way up," as one of my colleagues at CBC used to say. The ozone layer is no longer shrinking. More »
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Making cities more livable may save the world
October 20, 2010Most of the world's 6.9 billion people live in cities. City dwellers consume about three quarters of the world's energy and generate most of the greenhouse gases that cause climate... More »
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Tiny sardines offer great guilt-free value
October 13, 2010When the six-year-old daughter of David Suzuki Foundation sustainable fisheries analyst Scott Wallace returned from a birthday party, excited about the hockey cards she got in her loot bag, her... More »
