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In my second year of university, I lived with my best friend’s family. They have a collection of bird feeders in their backyard, visible from the kitchen window, and some days, when I would wash dishes at the sink, I would watch the birds come and go. The goldfinches, sparrows, […]
A question as old as time, can be contained in a singular word, and one I ask myself frequently – Why? Usually these “whys” are along the lines of, why am I doing this, why should I care, and if I’m feeling existential, why am I here? As environmentalists I’m […]
A\J is very excited to announce that Alex Goddard will be joining the team as the Editor (Digital Media) as of February 1. Alex has worked with A\J in the past – doing his co-op placement in the summer of 2020, as an editorial assistant helping to write the ‘Getting […]
The WTF: The UN Climate Change Report In light of the new climate change report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a working group of the United Nations (UN), this week’s WTF will be focused on the most interesting and alarming aspects of the published study. The […]
Keep Your Pets Safe in This Summer’s Heat! Source: The Limited Times An article published today by National Geographic suggests that extreme heatwaves this summer and are becoming increasingly dangerous for pets over the last few decades. That’s right, your cats, dogs, and birds are all in danger of overheating, […]
Blanket Coverage Source: The Guardian Stumbled upon an interesting and somewhat amusing story of an Italian team that has been, since 2008, covering a glacier in northern Italy, the Presena glacier, with huge reflective tarps during summer months to minimize the ice loss due to rising heat. The glacier has […]
Bats Are Getting Better Source: Schulich Medicine and Dentistry Bats are an incredible and complex species. They are adept at adapting. They can eat like 1000 bugs an hour. They are winged mammals capable of night flight, radar navigation, and occasional luminescence. Bats, as beings of the nighttime, have wondered […]
It is amazing to see how things change if you give it enough time. In our first issue, Perspectives on Society and Environment published in the summer of 1971, all five articles had to do with a variety of environmental issues that were all the rave in the time. It […]
Fifty years ago, our first issue was released. It was the 1970s, everything was different but the A/J spirit ran strong, and started magnificently as the first solely environmental-focused publication in Canada. The issue was called “Perspectives of Society and Environment”. It contained five articles (listed below) and was very much […]
Too Darned Hot Source: News18 A new report from a team of researchers from NASA and the NOAA has concluded that the “EARTH’S ENERGY IMBALANCE HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2005”. This is a simple headline that holds a lot of depth of meaning. As background: Earth’s climate is determined by a […]
