BC delegates tour Petronas 2014. Photo credit: Province of BC CC BY NC ND

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>

Photo credit: Aliénor Delsart / Université de Montréal

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>

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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>

Photo credit: Anchor Lee, Unsplash

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>

map credit: Jain et al. 2024

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>

Photo credit: Diego Steed © Canadian Museum of Nature

August 6, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Wildfire arsenic release | Cool greenbelts | Arctic locavore CO2 | Salish Sea sharks | Marine biopsy | Massy T.rex | August 6, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up   – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

July 23, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Longer climate days | Hot strawberry costs | Smogged pollinators | Plastic-filled fish | Booze doozy | Lonely brains | July 23, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

Image credit: Alison Cook

July 9, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Fire-generating fires | Poached cod | NW Passage ice | Long-distance butterfly | New polar bear dens | Lake Erie blooms | July 9, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

image credit: Brodin et al. 2024

June 25, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

2x extreme fires | Nanoplastic disease | Heat health | Peak coal dust | Drugged H2O | Coffee health | Digital tantrums | June 25, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

Photo credit: Jordan Demeulemeester, Saulteau First Nations

June 18, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Shrinking whales | Hybrid bears | Penned caribou moms | Topsoil losses | Same-sex animals | Racism brain rewire | June 18, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

June 11, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Arctic Pacific salmon | Smoke lakes | Ice bears | NOx impacts | City benzene | Opioid sales tactics | Space health | June 11, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

elephant seal, by Anchor Lee, unsplash

June 4, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Sumas Lake flood | Orca vs seals | Wildfire PM2.5 deaths | Tiny great ape | Fish school of hard knocks | Off-road drugs | June 4, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

May 28, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Doomsday seawater | Orange Arctic rivers | Urchinned grey whale | 3,500-year camas | Hot strokes | Home $ vs health | May 28, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

Photo by Mathilde Massenet

May 21, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up

Family docs | Preteen screens | Pot–psych connection | Great Lakes PFAS | Wild boars | Jellies rule | Puppy whines | May 21, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.   Read more>

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