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Nova Scotia

Ocean technology centre goes to court over Dartmouth Cove infilling approval

A Nova Scotia ocean technology research and development hub is going to court against Transport Canada, after the department approved a construction…

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Canada

Orca’s ocean escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for generations, says First Nation

An orphaned killer whale calf’s escape from a remote Vancouver Island tidal lagoon, where it had been trapped for more than…

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Nova Scotia

Goldboro LNG plant proponent wants to sell permits to Irish ocean energy company

The Alberta-based energy company that abandoned plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is…

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Tech

‘CSI on the ocean’: Whale researchers comb B.C. waters for eDNA

It was just after 8 a.m. when Gary Sutton and his crew spotted the signature black dorsal fins cutting through the…

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Canada

Killer whale rescue team continues efforts to coax calf to ocean

A flotilla of up to 10 vessels, taking advantage of the best tidal flows in days, was on the waters…

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Tech

Human-caused climate change fuels hottest February on record, all-time high ocean warming

For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and…

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Canada

Talk about chilling out: How Signal Hill and the ocean keep these swimmers active in winter

The Coldwater Cowgals swim all winter long. (Ted Dillon/CBC) It’s hard to beat a hot summer day in Newfoundland and…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax students create winning micro-ecosystem for global ocean innovation challenge

A team of students from Halifax West High School who are passionate about science have created an award-winning micro-ecosystem that…

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Nova Scotia

Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find…

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Tech

Technology aims to sequester carbon deep in the ocean off B.C. coast

A project off B.C.’s coast focused on removing carbon dioxide from the air is aiming to tap into a resource…

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