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Canadians are no strangers to cold winters, when everything in nature appears to be frozen solid. However, under the ice cover of lakes, many animals remain active during the winter.
The recent rejection of the start of the Anthropocene epoch reminds us of the paramount importance of preserving what remains of our current Holocene.
Seabird colonies are thought to be in rapid decline. But knowing just how severe the loss is can be a challenge, so some scientists are turning to bird poop for the answer.
Fish need to cross roads too. But the tunnels built to channel rivers under roads and railways can block their migrations.
Why did Earth’s climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid collision is to blame, with new support coming from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.
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Research Professor and Director of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (SEPAS) at the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
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Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change, Royal Ontario Museum and Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Queen's University, Ontario
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Honorary Fellow in Environmental Sciences, Swansea University
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PhD candidate in the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ecology, Lancaster University
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Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professeure-Chercheure en microbiologie, Université Laval
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Professeur Écologie Aquatique, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
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Chercheure en sciences aquatiques, University of Vermont
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Professor, Rautio Aquatic Laboratory, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professor of Earth Science, University of Connecticut