Science Matters archives
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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 »
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Shady practices are good when it comes to coffee
October 6, 2010Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, after oil. And as with oil, the massive scale of production necessary to meet our insatiable demand for coffee results... More »
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We need to protect the local farms, fields, and fisheries that feed us
September 30, 2010As we move into fall, the bounty of Canada's farms, fields, and fisheries is filling local markets across the country: artisan cheese in Montreal, fresh sockeye salmon in Vancouver, plump... More »
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Let's dare to consider a national energy plan for Canada
September 23, 2010The National Energy Program was implemented by the federal Liberal government in 1980 partly in response to skyrocketing oil prices. When the Conservatives came to power in 1984, they dismantled... More »
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Fables from old times have meaning for our times
September 16, 2010When wading through the words of pundits and the babble of political posturing, I can't help but think of some of the simple truths we learned as children. Remember those... More »
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With Fraser River sockeye, seeing red is cause for cautious celebration
September 9, 2010Salmon have been an integral part of the life and culture of people on Canada's West Coast since time began. They're also essential to coastal ecosystems, providing food for bears,... More »
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Our obsession with private automobiles is unsustainable
September 2, 2010Are we driving ourselves into oblivion? Or will new automobile technology save us from the environmental impact of the fossil-fuelled tanks we use to get around? On the extreme end... More »
