Once again,, a look back at some of the many interesting stories we covered this week, presented by Wojtek and Marc, with Lynn taking a well-deserved day off.
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Researchers say monarch butterflies that migrate from Mexico to Canada and the U.S. could be wiped out. (courtesy Space for Life)
The number of monarch butterflies that migrate from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico every year has dropped to its lowest level since people started counting them.
Researchers say at least one reason is the extensive use of herbicides which have killed milkweed plants which monarch caterpillars need as a food source. Another factor is climate change leading to extreme weather changes.
Lynn spoke with Maxime Larrivee of the Montreal Insectarium and Space for Life
Warm temperatures in Whistler BC in site of some Olympic events.in 2010
Photo Credit: Fabrice Coffrini-AFP-Getty Images
With the Sochi Winter Olympics almost upon us, an international team of researchers from Canada and Austria took a look at how climate change may affect future games.
They studied the weather conditions for each of the winter Olympic sites going back almost 100 years, 19 sites in all. They then modelled the climate of those cities into the future based on a conservative low greenhouse gas projection and a high projection.
I spoke with Daniel Scott (PhD) lead author of the study.. He is Canada Research Chair in Global Change and Tourism in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, at the University of Waterloo in Ontario where he is also the Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change
The situation in Ukraine was the first topic of discussion in Canada’s House of Commons on Monday, January 27, 2014, after the holiday break.
(photo:Sergei Chuzavkov/AP)
Canada’s Parliament began its work again this week, after returning from a six-week long winter break.
There were speeches and the first Question Period in the House of Commons for 2014. Four new Members of Parliament were also introduced, as a result of by-elections across the country.
Wojtek takes a look at the this week, and some of the issues that may come into play as a general election begins to appear on the horizon in 2015.
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