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December 10, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up 
Arctic coasts | Dying Xmas trees | Arctic orca | Plastic mealworms | 500-year-old poo | NHL odds | Main MAID uses | December 10, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
December 3, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Mammoth diet | Ice-free Arctic | Tipsy trees | Flood previews | Music brains | Spinal cord walk | Reindeer calls | December 3, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
November 26, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Poisoned bees | Polar bear poo | Smokey dementia | Costly Rx | Maple goodness | Body battery | Super-EV charge | November 26, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
November 19, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Ancient hazel farming | Sea heat/ice fire | Arctic grazers | Bird-flu seals | Nature kids | Lonely kids, seniors | November 19, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
November 12, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Arctic tree CO2 | Atlantic orca | Sea trout lice | Class behavior | Med diet brain | Frail dementia | AI that jazz | November 12, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
November 5, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Species at risk | Arctic pollutants | Yukon H20 | Animal lush | Low-sugar kids | Muscle loss | Preemie effects | November 5, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
October 29, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Atmospheric rivers | Heatwave rivers | Fast fires | Bear kills | Moose vs caribou | Ice paws | Teen weed brain | October 29, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
October 22, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Smokey deaths | Climate fires | Sick polar bears | Spilt milk | EV air | Bike lane equity | Easy allergy test | October 22, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
October 15, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Rainfall deaths | Farmed salmon | Mercury air | Fool’s gold CO2 | New monarch site | Tiny heart | Cancer misinfo | October 15, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
October 8, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
LNG worse than coal | Fire forecast | Out-of-reach CO2 goals | Ant fungus farms | Brekkie by sex | Modern-day scurvy | October 8, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
October 1, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Diversity = climate ethics | 10,000 smoke deaths | Old log CO2 storage | Franklin Expedition ID | Kitty hats | October 1, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
September 24, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Arctic DDT | Norse ivory trade | Thin ice | YYC seafood mislabelling | Big fire, warming | Meno-pot | Kid asthma | September 24, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
September 17, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Wildfire spread | Polar bear timeline | Smorcasbord | Tasting O2 | Starved galaxy | Ice Age teens | AI-cut deaths | September 17, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
September 10, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Longtime wildfire warming | Acid ocean climate tipping | Oily otter setback | Alien jellies | Soggy NE | September 10, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
September 3, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Big fire CO2 | Rising northern fire risk | Looming drought | Great Lake weather | Plastic char | Seal dinner bell | September 3, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
August 20, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Failing climate policies | 2023 wildfire causes | 1,100 extra deaths | Sea-lice save | Auk surge | BPA–autism link | August 20, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
