It's Climate Change I tell'ya!! IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE!!

[Ron in Regina]

How many were caused by arson? Just askin....

Fires in summer , never heard of such a thing .

Such a nasty word. The good people prefer human caused. That way they get lumped in with the accidental ones.

The ones in August? Fafvateen at least.

https://link.nationalpost.com/view/5aa04f5c3f92a450996c61a9ofrl5.2/6ddcffe0

The goal of the new rules, potentially in place until Oct. 15, is just to encourage Nova Scotians to stay the hell out of the woods, even if they are the owners of those woods. The province laid down an ordinary fire ban weeks ago, but now it has banned hiking, camping and fishing in all provincial and private forests…just in case, except…

Man walks into Nova Scotia forest, walks out with $28K fine: 'I want to challenge this order in court'

“I’m not trying to make trouble for you guys, I just want a piece of (the premier),” Jeffrey Evely told officers before going into the woods.

nationalpost.com

Nova Scotia, not content with everyday tools of regulation like campfire or vehicle bans, has almost totally denied its citizens access even to privately owned woodlands…except…

Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban — National Post

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

apple.news

N.S. man gets ticket on purpose for walking in woods to fight fire-safety ban | Globalnews.ca

Jeff Evely, a People’s Party of Canada candidate in the April 28 federal election, was fined almost $29,000 for violating a Nova Scotia fire-safety ban on entering the woods.

globalnews.ca

…except…Since Nova Scotia restricted activity a week ago, the provincial Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued tickets to six people who violated the ban. Venturing into the woods comes with a fine of $25,000 in Nova Scotia.

Frustrations from ban on walking in woods addressed by Atlantic Canada premiers

As wildfires rage across much of the Atlantic provinces, frustrations are increasing over government decisions in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to ban people from the tinder dry forests on crown land.

www.ctvnews.ca

“If ‘extremism in defence of public property is no vice’ is to be the new rule in Canada, we are surely going to see a lot of big changes to urban public parks and other land patches, which, for a decade, have been beset by nomadic tent-dwellers who make copious and inveterate use of propane tanks, electrical heaters, camp stoves, improvised wiring from hijacked power supplies, and open fires.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova...entering-woods-gets-handed-28k-fine-1.7606766

The CBC has now inquired into the possibility that some members of the Wandering Fire-Bringer class may be testing the Nova Scotia fire ban. Turns out it’s made of vapour. The province’s Department of Opportunities and Social Development estimates that an estimated 137 rough sleepers are still living in the Nova Scotia woods and “cannot be convinced” to leave.

They’ve been visited repeatedly by a team of “outreach workers” who themselves enjoy an exception from the travelling rules. A few of the tent-dwellers, worn down by social-worker nattering, agreed to move on or accept spaces in urban shelters. Most have stayed put as if they’d grown roots.

Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

The type of outrage seen against the actions in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will reappear against any collective public health and safety measure proposed by any level of government until officials 'reinvest in the public trust,' says Raywat Deonandan.

www.hilltimes.com

Rules for some but not for all has always bothered me, but this is just another example is all I guess…like…

Trudeau announces Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first representative to combat Islamophobia

Their (the Toronto International Film Festival) legal argument seems to be that the terrorists are the copyright owners of their snuff films, and their intellectual property rights are protected under Canadian law via multiple copyright treaties. Putting aside obvious defences to a claim of...

forums.canadiancontent.net

And the state turns out to be helpless, even though one fire may (?) already have been started at an “encampment.” It seems to be generally agreed that there is no point in fining any of the fairy folk of the forest.

The provision in the provincial fire proclamation that allows for $25,000 penalties is reserved exclusively for those who might conceivably have such a sum to cough up. Well, what about the ordinary police powers of arrest and detention?

After a fortnight of hearing Nova Scotians insist that the current forest-fire risks are unprecedented, and that the traditional mobility privileges of citizenship must necessarily shrivel into abeyance, I am suddenly assured by a legal-aid lawyer that anyone collared for being unlawfully encamped “would have to be quickly released, as the offence would not warrant being detained.”

This ultra-confident prediction leaves me confused. One struggles to understand, from outside N.S., how forest protection can be so important as to justify a ministerial fiat of extraordinary and unprecedented character — but not so important as to be at all enforced…for all, just for some.

As for the rest of Nova Scotians, "I get that people want to go for a hike or want to go for a walk in the woods with their dog," Houston said during a wildfire update with officials.

"But how would you like to be stuck in the woods while there's a fire burning around you?" He said the restrictions will be loosened once enough rain falls to mitigate the risk.

Nova Scotia faces pushback after banning entry to woods over wildfire fears

The strict measures were brought in as Canada faces its second worst wildfire season on record.

www.bbc.com

Hurricane Erin: Watching for dangerous surf in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland — The Weather Network

Erin is forecast to remain well offshore of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland on Friday and Saturday. The primary impacts are expected to include dangerous surf and rip currents along Atlantic coastlines in both provinces.

apple.news

The (now, so far) 12 people above that NS Premiere Houston is hoping will be fully protected and collected upon, probably isn’t from this group:

Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban — National Post

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

apple.news

 

[petros]

https://link.nationalpost.com/view/5aa04f5c3f92a450996c61a9ofrl5.2/6ddcffe0

The goal of the new rules, potentially in place until Oct. 15, is just to encourage Nova Scotians to stay the hell out of the woods, even if they are the owners of those woods. The province laid down an ordinary fire ban weeks ago, but now it has banned hiking, camping and fishing in all provincial and private forests…just in case, except…

Man walks into Nova Scotia forest, walks out with $28K fine: 'I want to challenge this order in court'

“I’m not trying to make trouble for you guys, I just want a piece of (the premier),” Jeffrey Evely told officers before going into the woods.

nationalpost.com

Nova Scotia, not content with everyday tools of regulation like campfire or vehicle bans, has almost totally denied its citizens access even to privately owned woodlands…except…

Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban — National Post

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

apple.news

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N.S. man gets ticket on purpose for walking in woods to fight fire-safety ban | Globalnews.ca

Jeff Evely, a People’s Party of Canada candidate in the April 28 federal election, was fined almost $29,000 for violating a Nova Scotia fire-safety ban on entering the woods.

globalnews.ca

…except…Since Nova Scotia restricted activity a week ago, the provincial Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued tickets to six people who violated the ban. Venturing into the woods comes with a fine of $25,000 in Nova Scotia.

Frustrations from ban on walking in woods addressed by Atlantic Canada premiers

As wildfires rage across much of the Atlantic provinces, frustrations are increasing over government decisions in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to ban people from the tinder dry forests on crown land.

www.ctvnews.ca

“If ‘extremism in defence of public property is no vice’ is to be the new rule in Canada, we are surely going to see a lot of big changes to urban public parks and other land patches, which, for a decade, have been beset by nomadic tent-dwellers who make copious and inveterate use of propane tanks, electrical heaters, camp stoves, improvised wiring from hijacked power supplies, and open fires.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova...entering-woods-gets-handed-28k-fine-1.7606766

The CBC has now inquired into the possibility that some members of the Wandering Fire-Bringer class may be testing the Nova Scotia fire ban. Turns out it’s made of vapour. The province’s Department of Opportunities and Social Development estimates that an estimated 137 rough sleepers are still living in the Nova Scotia woods and “cannot be convinced” to leave.

They’ve been visited repeatedly by a team of “outreach workers” who themselves enjoy an exception from the travelling rules. A few of the tent-dwellers, worn down by social-worker nattering, agreed to move on or accept spaces in urban shelters. Most have stayed put as if they’d grown roots.

Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

The type of outrage seen against the actions in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will reappear against any collective public health and safety measure proposed by any level of government until officials 'reinvest in the public trust,' says Raywat Deonandan.

www.hilltimes.com

Rules for some but not for all has always bothered me, but this is just another example is all I guess…like…
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Trudeau announces Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first representative to combat Islamophobia

Their (the Toronto International Film Festival) legal argument seems to be that the terrorists are the copyright owners of their snuff films, and their intellectual property rights are protected under Canadian law via multiple copyright treaties. Putting aside obvious defences to a claim of...

forums.canadiancontent.net

View attachment 30698
And the state turns out to be helpless, even though one fire may (?) already have been started at an “encampment.” It seems to be generally agreed that there is no point in fining any of the fairy folk of the forest.

The provision in the provincial fire proclamation that allows for $25,000 penalties is reserved exclusively for those who might conceivably have such a sum to cough up. Well, what about the ordinary police powers of arrest and detention?

After a fortnight of hearing Nova Scotians insist that the current forest-fire risks are unprecedented, and that the traditional mobility privileges of citizenship must necessarily shrivel into abeyance, I am suddenly assured by a legal-aid lawyer that anyone collared for being unlawfully encamped “would have to be quickly released, as the offence would not warrant being detained.”

This ultra-confident prediction leaves me confused. One struggles to understand, from outside N.S., how forest protection can be so important as to justify a ministerial fiat of extraordinary and unprecedented character — but not so important as to be at all enforced…for all, just for some.

As for the rest of Nova Scotians, "I get that people want to go for a hike or want to go for a walk in the woods with their dog," Houston said during a wildfire update with officials.

"But how would you like to be stuck in the woods while there's a fire burning around you?" He said the restrictions will be loosened once enough rain falls to mitigate the risk.

Nova Scotia faces pushback after banning entry to woods over wildfire fears

The strict measures were brought in as Canada faces its second worst wildfire season on record.

www.bbc.com

View attachment 30695

Hurricane Erin: Watching for dangerous surf in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland — The Weather Network

Erin is forecast to remain well offshore of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland on Friday and Saturday. The primary impacts are expected to include dangerous surf and rip currents along Atlantic coastlines in both provinces.

apple.news

The (now, so far) 12 people above that NS Premiere Houston is hoping will be fully protected and collected upon, probably isn’t from this group:
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Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban — National Post

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

apple.news

And my family and friends keep asking....

Why are you leaving Canada?

 

[Ron in Regina]

And my family and friends keep asking....

Why are you leaving Canada?

Tim Houston is telling people to go to the beach (Hurricane Erin) and stay out of the forest (unless you’re homeless, or one of their social workers, and then it’s cool). The selective Enforcement has always irked me. Rules for thee and not for me, etc…

 

[petros]

Tim Houston is telling people to go to the beach (Hurricane Erin) and stay out of the forest (unless you’re homeless, or one of their social workers, and then it’s cool). The selective Enforcement has always irked me. Rules for thee and not for me, etc…

Masks and 6ft too?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Masks and 6ft too?

Nope. Just $25,000 fines for some, and nothing for others. For those that aren’t in the ‘nothing’ category, Tim Houston is hoping they will get prosecuted to the full extent & collected upon, etc…’cuz…they aren’t part of the chosen that are exempt.

A few of the tent-dwellers, worn down by social-worker nattering, agreed to move on or accept spaces in urban shelters. Others would just put their marshmallows on the coat hangers, and…

Most have stayed put as if they’d grown roots. And the state turns out to be helpless, even though one fire may already have been started at an “encampment.” It seems to be generally agreed that there is no point in fining any of the fairy folk of the forest. Well, what about the ordinary police powers of arrest and detention? Nah…that’s for some but not others. Political expediency, etc…

Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban — National Post

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

apple.news

…and arresting homeless people creates bad publicity for politicians because it is widely viewed as inhumane, ineffective, and an attempt to criminalize poverty rather than addressing the root causes of homelessness. Such actions perpetuate negative stereotypes, harm a politician's image, and can lead to public backlash, as they are seen as abandoning compassionate, long-term solutions for the crisis of rough camping homelessness unhousedness.

 

[petros]

Nope. Just $25,000 fines for some, and nothing for others. For those that aren’t in the ‘nothing’ category, Tim Houston is hoping they will get prosecuted to the full extent & collected upon, etc…’cuz…they aren’t part of the chosen that are exempt.

A few of the tent-dwellers, worn down by social-worker nattering, agreed to move on or accept spaces in urban shelters. Others would just put their marshmallows on the coat hangers, and…

Most have stayed put as if they’d grown roots. And the state turns out to be helpless, even though one fire may already have been started at an “encampment.” It seems to be generally agreed that there is no point in fining any of the fairy folk of the forest. Well, what about the ordinary police powers of arrest and detention? Nah…that’s for some but not others. Political expediency, etc…

Colby Cosh: Homeless people ridiculously exempt from Nova Scotia's forest ban — National Post

How can forest protection be so important that it justifies an extraordinary ministerial fiat — but not so important that it's enforced?

apple.news

…and arresting homeless people creates bad publicity for politicians because it is widely viewed as inhumane, ineffective, and an attempt to criminalize poverty rather than addressing the root causes of homelessness. Such actions perpetuate negative stereotypes, harm a politician's image, and can lead to public backlash, as they are seen as abandoning compassionate, long-term solutions for the crisis of rough camping homelessness unhousedness.

Put homeless people on rafts on the ocean, anchored of course so tide charts are the curfew but it makes it a Fed Gov't issue and the Ministry of Peches et Ocean Canada.

 

[spaminator]

Rising heat a ’public health crisis’ for workers, including in Canada: WHO
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Nicole Ireland
Published Aug 22, 2025 • 4 minute read

The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a “public health crisis” for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception.


The WHO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are at especially high risk of heat stroke, dehydration, cardiovascular damage and kidney dysfunction.


Although radiation from the sun is an added risk factor on top of air temperature, the report noted that people working indoors in hot, humid conditions are also vulnerable, especially if heat is radiating off of machinery, such as in manufacturing plants.

“The workers keeping our societies running are paying the highest price,” said Rudiger Krech, the WHO’s director of environment, climate change and health said in a news briefing in Geneva on Thursday.


“These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable communities with limited access to cooling, health care, and productive labour policies.”

Glen Kenny, University of Ottawa research chair in environmental physiology, contributed to the international report and said people may think Canadian workers aren’t as vulnerable as workers in hotter parts of the world, but that’s a mistake.

“In Canada unfortunately, we have these weather extremes. We go from cold to hot. And so our bodies essentially lose that (heat) adaptation during the winter period,” he said in an interview.

The report said the risk of heat exhaustion increases when the core body temperature rises beyond 38 C.

It urged governments and employers to develop heat-health plans, including ways for workers to take breaks and get out of the sun or away from hot machinery and rehydrate regularly.


Employers could also plan shifts and workloads so that the most physically demanding tasks happen during cooler times of the day or evening. They could also lower the intensity of work in periods of high heat, either by reducing the pace of work or incorporating more breaks, the report said.

Whenever possible, workers should wear clothing that allows heat to escape, while still meeting safety requirements for protective gear.

Kenny said it’s critical to tailor heat coping strategies to each individual worker, including those who are older, have chronic health conditions or are less physically fit.

The ability to dissipate heat from the body lessens as people age, he said.

The cumulative effect of working in the heat day after day also needs to be considered, Kenny said.


Staying cool and getting rest outside of working hours is important, he said, but those off-hours during a five-day work week won’t allow full recovery during intense heat, he said.

“The body essentially gets compromised as we go through the work week,” Kenny said.

“If I take a worker on a Monday and look at their body’s capacity to lose heat, they are not the same person by day five,” he said.

“They have a reduced capacity to lose heat and that needs to be accounted for.”

The body gets rid of heat by increasing blood flow to the skin and through sweating, the report said.

When the air is hotter than the skin, the body gains heat and can become dehydrated as more sweating is required to regulate body temperature.

That in turn puts strain on the heart and kidneys because “we only have a certain volume of blood,” Kenny said.


“As you steal (water) away from that volume of blood because you’re sweating … you’re depleting the body,” he said.

Dr. Melissa Lem, a family physician in Vancouver and president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, said heat stress affects worker safety in multiple ways.

“Workers’ cognitive functions can be impaired so they can have more trouble concentrating, their performance suffers, they have higher rates of injury,” Lem said.

“And then when you’re breathing faster because you’re overheating, you’re also breathing in more air pollution which can compound the health harms of heat.”

The WHO/WMO report recommends that workers be paired up in a “buddy system” so they can watch out for signs of heat stress.


Signs of heat exhaustion include fatigue, weakness, dizziness, light-headedness, thirst, and mild muscle cramps. If those happen, the worker should be moved to a cool area and drink water or electrolyte beverages.

If the symptoms don’t improve after 15 minutes, the heat exhaustion could be severe. Additional signs of severe heat exhaustion include slow reaction time, severe muscle cramps, blurred vision, headache or nausea.

The most serious form of heat stress is heat stroke, which is a medical emergency and requires “aggressive cooling” with ice and cold water and an ambulance should be called, the report said. Heat stroke symptoms can include vomiting, erratic behaviour, confusion or disorientation, garbled speech, hysteria, delirium, shivering, convulsions and loss of consciousness.


Lem said reading the report took her “right back to the 2021 heat dome (in B.C.) when I saw more patients with heat illness than I ever had in my entire career.”

Most of the more than 600 people who died that summer were elderly and isolated inside their non-air conditioned homes, but she believes many of the additional people who became ill were likely workers.

In addition to adapting to climate change-driven heat to protect workers, it’s also important to address the root causes, she said.

“One of the best ways to keep them safe is capping greenhouse gas emissions and reducing our use and extraction of fossil fuels,” Lem said.

“This will have further effects by reducing the air pollution that workers are exposed to,” she said.

Rising heat a ’public health crisis’ for workers, including in Canada: WHO

The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe.

torontosun.com

 

[petros]

Rising heat a ’public health crisis’ for workers, including in Canada: WHO
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Nicole Ireland
Published Aug 22, 2025 • 4 minute read

The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a “public health crisis” for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception.


The WHO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are at especially high risk of heat stroke, dehydration, cardiovascular damage and kidney dysfunction.


Although radiation from the sun is an added risk factor on top of air temperature, the report noted that people working indoors in hot, humid conditions are also vulnerable, especially if heat is radiating off of machinery, such as in manufacturing plants.

“The workers keeping our societies running are paying the highest price,” said Rudiger Krech, the WHO’s director of environment, climate change and health said in a news briefing in Geneva on Thursday.


“These impacts are especially severe in vulnerable communities with limited access to cooling, health care, and productive labour policies.”

Glen Kenny, University of Ottawa research chair in environmental physiology, contributed to the international report and said people may think Canadian workers aren’t as vulnerable as workers in hotter parts of the world, but that’s a mistake.

“In Canada unfortunately, we have these weather extremes. We go from cold to hot. And so our bodies essentially lose that (heat) adaptation during the winter period,” he said in an interview.

The report said the risk of heat exhaustion increases when the core body temperature rises beyond 38 C.

It urged governments and employers to develop heat-health plans, including ways for workers to take breaks and get out of the sun or away from hot machinery and rehydrate regularly.


Employers could also plan shifts and workloads so that the most physically demanding tasks happen during cooler times of the day or evening. They could also lower the intensity of work in periods of high heat, either by reducing the pace of work or incorporating more breaks, the report said.

Whenever possible, workers should wear clothing that allows heat to escape, while still meeting safety requirements for protective gear.

Kenny said it’s critical to tailor heat coping strategies to each individual worker, including those who are older, have chronic health conditions or are less physically fit.

The ability to dissipate heat from the body lessens as people age, he said.

The cumulative effect of working in the heat day after day also needs to be considered, Kenny said.


Staying cool and getting rest outside of working hours is important, he said, but those off-hours during a five-day work week won’t allow full recovery during intense heat, he said.

“The body essentially gets compromised as we go through the work week,” Kenny said.

“If I take a worker on a Monday and look at their body’s capacity to lose heat, they are not the same person by day five,” he said.

“They have a reduced capacity to lose heat and that needs to be accounted for.”

The body gets rid of heat by increasing blood flow to the skin and through sweating, the report said.

When the air is hotter than the skin, the body gains heat and can become dehydrated as more sweating is required to regulate body temperature.

That in turn puts strain on the heart and kidneys because “we only have a certain volume of blood,” Kenny said.


“As you steal (water) away from that volume of blood because you’re sweating … you’re depleting the body,” he said.

Dr. Melissa Lem, a family physician in Vancouver and president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, said heat stress affects worker safety in multiple ways.

“Workers’ cognitive functions can be impaired so they can have more trouble concentrating, their performance suffers, they have higher rates of injury,” Lem said.

“And then when you’re breathing faster because you’re overheating, you’re also breathing in more air pollution which can compound the health harms of heat.”

The WHO/WMO report recommends that workers be paired up in a “buddy system” so they can watch out for signs of heat stress.


Signs of heat exhaustion include fatigue, weakness, dizziness, light-headedness, thirst, and mild muscle cramps. If those happen, the worker should be moved to a cool area and drink water or electrolyte beverages.

If the symptoms don’t improve after 15 minutes, the heat exhaustion could be severe. Additional signs of severe heat exhaustion include slow reaction time, severe muscle cramps, blurred vision, headache or nausea.

The most serious form of heat stress is heat stroke, which is a medical emergency and requires “aggressive cooling” with ice and cold water and an ambulance should be called, the report said. Heat stroke symptoms can include vomiting, erratic behaviour, confusion or disorientation, garbled speech, hysteria, delirium, shivering, convulsions and loss of consciousness.


Lem said reading the report took her “right back to the 2021 heat dome (in B.C.) when I saw more patients with heat illness than I ever had in my entire career.”

Most of the more than 600 people who died that summer were elderly and isolated inside their non-air conditioned homes, but she believes many of the additional people who became ill were likely workers.

In addition to adapting to climate change-driven heat to protect workers, it’s also important to address the root causes, she said.

“One of the best ways to keep them safe is capping greenhouse gas emissions and reducing our use and extraction of fossil fuels,” Lem said.

“This will have further effects by reducing the air pollution that workers are exposed to,” she said.

Rising heat a ’public health crisis’ for workers, including in Canada: WHO

The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe.

torontosun.com

Wear a hat.

 

[Ron in Regina]

It was crisp this morning.

 

[petros]

It was crisp this morning.
View attachment 30722

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

It was crisp this morning.
View attachment 30722

Well, that PROVES there is no global warming!

 

[Ron in Regina]

Well, that PROVES there is no global warming!

It just shows that it was a chilly late August day here this morning.

 

[spaminator]

Well, that PROVES there is no global warming!

either that or globull warming helped to increase the temps for petros and ron.

 

[spaminator]

Scientists search for climate change answers in Quebec sea floor
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Morgan Lowrie
Published Aug 24, 2025 • 3 minute read

MONTREAL — Far below the seals and belugas that dive gracefully through Quebec’s Saguenay fiord, there are small creatures burrowing in the sea floor mud that scientists believe play a crucial role in mitigating the effects of climate change.


Earlier this month, scientists from the United Kingdom and Universite Laval spent several days on the fiord’s bumpy waters, grabbing samples from 200 metres below in a quest to track the life in the mud.


Dr. Adam Porter, a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Exeter, said the sea can look like an “impenetrable blue” for those on the surface.

“I think mud is even more impenetrable because you get down to the bottom, you look at the sea floor, it can often look like there’s not much going on,” he said in a video interview. “But there’s this whole world of life under the mud, and that is playing a really important role in keeping the planet healthy.”

The research is part of the Convex Seascape Survey, a partnership exploring how the sea floor regulates climate through the sequestration of carbon, and the role that small animals in the mud play in keeping the planet healthy, Porter said.


Unofficially, he said the study has another title: “Trying to make mud sexy.”

Rebecca Howman, a PhD student at Universite Laval, said collecting the roughly 60 sea floor samples was complicated by the Saguenay fiord’s tides, waves and current.

“You have to literally take a chunk of the floor off the ground, and considering that the Saguenay is 200 metres deep, that’s quite a feat,” she said in an interview. From the boat, the scientists used what she describes as a “big claw” to scoop samples, which were transferred to aquariums the scientists could use to study and experiment.

“It’s very messy, very muddy, but also a good challenge and really quite fun,” she said.

After they were pulled from the fiord’s bottom, the samples were transferred to aquariums in Chicoutimi, Que., for study. Porter said the researchers put fluorescent sand on top of the mud in order to track the burrowing movements of the animals, some of which are too small to spot with the naked eye.


What emerged from the mud was a tiny world, teeming with life. “You can get worms, brittle stars, bivalves — so mussel-like organisms,” Howman said. “So loads of different types of life live within the mud, which is interesting because you look at mud and you don’t think that there’s anything really going on.”

While the creatures are small, she likened them to “little ocean gardeners” that help keep the sea floor healthy and ultimately support the whole marine ecosystem. “The way that they move the sediment changes the entire structure of the ecosystem,” she said. “And it can support the ecosystem by changing nutrient fluxes — it oxygenates the sediment.”

She said they also help store carbon in the sea floor by eating or trapping the organic matter that falls from above — a role that the researchers say could be crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change.


Porter described the floor of oceans and seas as “one of the largest carbon stores on Earth,” holding more carbon than the rainforests.

The worry, he said, is that when the sea floor is disturbed through activities such as trawling, dredging or mining, “we are potentially releasing carbon and undoing any efforts that we’re making to try and reduce our carbon emissions on land.”

He hopes the five-year Convex Seascape Survey, which is taking place in countries around the world, will help researchers identify areas of the sea floor that are particularly important for carbon sequestration, and ultimately help convince decision-makers to protect them.

Many countries — including Canada — have signed a pledge to protect 30 per cent of the world’s land and oceans by 2030. That includes the sea floor, Porter said.

Making mud sexy: Scientists search for climate change answers in Quebec sea floor

The research is part of the Convex Seascape Survey, a partnership exploring how the sea floor regulates climate.

torontosun.com

 

[spaminator]

Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Tammy Webber
Published Aug 24, 2025 • 2 minute read

Wildfires in California wine country and Central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations as firefighters worked Sunday to try to contain the blazes amid dry, hot weather.


The Pickett Fire in Napa County had grown to more than 10 square miles (26 square kilometres) and was 11% contained as of early Sunday, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.


About 190 people were ordered to leave their homes, while another 360 were under evacuation warnings as the fire threatened about 500 structures near Aetna Springs and Pope Valley, said Jason Clay, spokesman for Calfire Sonoma Lake-Napa Unit.

More than 1,230 firefighters backed by 10 helicopters were battling the fire, which began Thursday after a week of extremely hot weather. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Residents of the Western United States have been sweltering in a heat wave that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.


Clay said the weather has moderated since the fire broke out, with Sunday’s high expected to be 94 degrees (34 Celsius). But as the day goes on, humidity levels were expected to drop and the winds to pick up in the afternoon.

“That’s been a driving factor in the afternoons since we’ve seen the fire activity pick up for the last three days,” Clay said, adding that “support from all up and down California has been critical to our efforts.”

The fire began in the same area as the much larger Glass Fire in 2020, which crossed into Sonoma County and eventually burned about 105 square miles (272 square kilometres) and more than 1,500 structures.

That fire was driven by wind, while the current fire is fueled by dry vegetation on steep slopes — some of it dead and downed trees left over from the Glass Fire and some of it grass and brush that grew back and then dried out again, said Clay.


In Oregon, the Flat Fire in Deschutes and Jefferson counties had grown to almost 34 square miles (88 square kilometres), with no containment, and threatened nearly 4,000 homes, according to the state Fire Marshal’s Office. About 10,000 people were under some sort of evacuation notice.

The fire began Thursday night and grew quickly amid hot, gusty conditions. Fire officials were keeping an eye on isolated thunderstorms in Southern Oregon that could drift north on Sunday, spokesman Chris Schimmer said in a video posted to Facebook.

Although it’s difficult to directly tie a single fire or weather event directly to climate change, scientists say human-caused warming from burning fossil fuels like coal and gas is causing more intense heat waves and droughts, which in turn set the stage for more destructive wildfires.

Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations

Wildfires in California wine country and Central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations.

torontosun.com

 

[spaminator]

Spain heatwave was 'most intense on record'
Author of the article:AFP
AFP
Published Aug 24, 2025 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 2 minute read

The August heatwave exacerbated tinderbox conditions that have fuelled deadly wildfires
The August heatwave exacerbated tinderbox conditions that have fuelled deadly wildfires
MADRID — A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the national meteorological agency said on Sunday.


With forest fires still burning across northern and western Spain, the AEMET meteorological agency said provisional readings for the August 3-18 heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6C higher than previous events.


AEMET said a 10-day period from August 8 to August 17, was the hottest 10 consecutive days recorded in Spain since “at least 1950.”

The August heatwave exacerbated tinderbox conditions that have fuelled wildfires which have killed four people and forced thousands out of their homes.

Four people have also died in fires in Portugal, where emergency services are still struggling to control the blazes.

More than 1,100 deaths in Spain have been linked to the August heatwave, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the Carlos III Health Institute.


The institute had already said that 1,060 deaths in July could be attributed to excess heat, a 50 percent rise on the figure for July 2024.

Since it began keeping records in 1975, AEMET has registered 77 heatwaves in Spain, with six going 4C or more above the average. Five of those have been since 2019.

Scientists say climate change is driving longer, more intense and more frequent heatwaves worldwide.

The agency said that it is “a scientific fact that current summers are hotter than in previous decades.”

“Each summer is not always going to be hotter than the previous one, but there is a clear trend towards much more extreme summers. What is key is adapting to, and mitigating, climate change,” it added.

Fires burning in northern regions have destroyed more than 350,000 hectares (865,000 acres) in the past weeks and a record of more than 400,000 hectares since the start of the year.


Authorities say they are only now starting to control the fires.

Firefighters and water-bombing planes from nine European countries have been helping Spanish emergency services.

Hundreds of people are still kept away from their homes though many have started returning in the past 24 hours.

Portugal announced its fourth fatality from the current wildfires on Saturday. The 45-year-old fireman had been critically injured battling the flames last week.

More than 60,000 hectares of land have burned in Portugal in the current heatwave and more than 278,000 hectares since the start of the year.

Spain heatwave was 'most intense on record'

A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was "the most intense on record", the national meteorological agency said on Sunday.

torontosun.com

 

[Ron in Regina]

20°C temperature variance here today, & it’s news that we are going to get several consecutive days of summer for a change.

Weather heating up in Saskatchewan this week, Environment Canada says

Extended forecasts from Environment Canada on Sunday show hot days and fine weather will blanket the province this coming week, a welcome reprieve after a costly series of storms.

www.cjme.com

 

[petros]

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20°C temperature variance here today, & it’s news that we are going to get several consecutive days of summer for a change.

Weather heating up in Saskatchewan this week, Environment Canada says

Extended forecasts from Environment Canada on Sunday show hot days and fine weather will blanket the province this coming week, a welcome reprieve after a costly series of storms.

www.cjme.com

It's been a cool summer. Overnight lows especially cooler than normal.

Another week until beer harvest. Canadian Malting is getting the full contract of No.1 two row malting barley.

Beers to you!

 

[pgs]

It's been a cool summer. Overnight lows especially cooler than normal.

Another week until beer harvest. Canadian Malting is getting the full contract of No.1 two row malting barley.

Beers to you!

Having one now

 

[petros]

Having one now

Thank you.