As built-up areas encroach on natural ones, we need new strategies for dealing with the impact of wildfires on buildings and communities, writes expert Ramla Karim Qureshi.
As peatlands dry and fire seasons lengthen, Greg Verkaik's research aims to better understand how peatlands influence wildfire behaviour - and how we can reduce the risk of deep-burning, smouldering fires.
The discovery in brook trout in New Brunswick is raising concerns about wildlife that eat the fish, which have absorbed DDT that has lingered in the environment and washed into waterways over decades.