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076 New report shows Canada warming up twice as fast as most of the world, a look a the biggest, the cuddliest, and the most frightening T. Rex’s, and the day the world ended for the dinosaurs.

This week I examine a new climate report show that Canada is heating up at twice the global rate and that the Canadian north is…

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072 Saying goodbye to the father of Global warming, Canmore’s Nuclear Bunker, New Train Service to the Mountains, and watching for the bears to emerge

This week we say goodbye to Wallace Smith Broeker, the groundbreaking climatologist that coined the term “global warming’. I also look at a cold war…

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070 Polar bears and climate change denial, Alberta’s mountains see the highest temperature increases and did European contact in the New World cause the Little Ice Age

Polar Bears and climate change In this episode, I look at polar bear ecology and how they have become a pivotal tool in the work…

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053 David Thompson heads west, and do mountain pine beetles increase the risk of forest fires?

This week I wrap up the story of David Thompson as he sets his sights on the mountain west. I also look at whether or not…

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052 David Thompson quits the Hudson’s Bay Company, and what’s up with climate science deniers?

This week, I continue the story of David Thompson as he explores the vast wilderness of Canada as part of his duties with the Hudson’s…

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049 A look at polar bear ecology, cougars that aren’t solitary, and does shooting problem bears work?

In this episode, I look at some of the reasons so many people flock to Churchill every year to see polar bears. I also look…

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048 Pikas struggling with warming climates, Neanderthal medicine, and mining gravel river beds

This week I talk about the tiny pika, one of the most amazing mountain animals and how it is threatened by warming climates. I also…

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