Canada, the United States, Australia and Britain are primary destinations. The “import” of higher education from other English-speaking countries makes no sense for a country that prides itself on a service-based economy and its English language advantage. Education should be a sector that provid...
US-Canada Border Slash/Google Map Data © 2016–Creative Commons As the border barrier that Donald Trump has proposed, but already underway, the “Border Slash” would materialize the boundary through 1349 miles of forested land in the forest along the 5525-mile border between the Canada and ...
efforts succeed in stabilizing temperature in the future decades, sea levels will continue to rise as a result of the continuing response of oceans to past warming3,17,18. Furthermore, coastal cities often experience sinking land (so-called land subsidence), whose compounding effect contributes to...
When asked which country would be the first to have a base on the moon, Keith Cowing, former American rocket scientist and current editor of NASAWatch.com, bluntly said that it might be China. “We (the US) are trying to get there first… but we will land next to them (China), rol...
Niagara Falls is a group of three massive, raging waterfalls that lie on the New York-Canada border. The most powerful of the three is Horseshoe Falls, which touches both countries.The falls have the highest flow rate in North America, making it a reliable source of hydroelectric power. To...
Assad's government has been able to hold on to a significant chunk of the country after years of bitter fighting. However, a week-long lightning offensive by the rebels has seen them capture two major cities and swathes of land. "Russia's s...
Garbage and debris pollute the water and land habitats of our planet's plants and animals. In addition to polluting, garbage and debris can be ingested by animals or can act as a net and trap them. Watch documentaries about conservation efforts and global loss of biodiversity. Some of our ...
We have considered the influence of ocean temperature and salinity changes, mass changes of the Greenland ice sheet (GIS) and the isostatic response of the solid earth to the most recent glacial cycle on 20th century sea-level change along the US east coast with the intention of better unders...
48 The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada recommends that the diagnosis of hypertension be based on office or in-hospital blood pressure measurements and that all pregnant women should be assessed for proteinuria. It does not recommend screening with biomarkers or Doppler ...
First is a deep-time history that starts in the Cambrian with the arrival of the first land plants some 500 million years ago. Plants quickly became a planet-shaping force. Increased rock weathering drew down atmospheric CO2, leading to an ice age marking the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, while...