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April 9, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up 
Seafloor plastic | Wild pollinator $ | Lynx range change | Blue vole | GHG weather | Fan effect | Green @ heart | April 9, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
April 2, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Rats! | Grizzly visits | Grey whale deaths | Climate mountains | BC wine boost | Condor wing blade | Refugee births | April 2, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
March 26, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Climate, city critters | Humans, bears, salmon | heat, drought, 2023 fires | Legacy mine metals | Doc hours down | March 26, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
March 19, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
New orca hunting culture | Lockdown critters | Shifting fish | Arctic ocean heat | Rare lichens | Dark matter? | March 19, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
March 12, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Ice-free timeline | Salmon die-offs | Drought night fires | Ski forecast | Asteroid strike | Fake vs real people | March 12, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
March 5, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Arctic Ocean algae | Meltwater methane | Humpback heat | Pickerel pickle | EV costs | Protein C02 gains | Hell heron | March 5, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 27, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Fentanyl detector | Diabetes markers | BMI long COVID | Hydrothermal Mars | Landslide tsunamis | Bowhead ships | February 27, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 20, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Spud blight | Happy cities | Northern healthcare deficit | Cranberry aerobics | Protein overload | Titan low-life | February 20, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 13, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Starving polar bears | Lemmings on loop | Arctic jellies | Historic forests | Worm invasion | DDT dads | February 13, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 6, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Permafrost carbon | Legacy pollution | Old coal mines | Naloxone-resistant opioid | Genetic discrimination | February 6, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 30, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Cradle of life lakes | Dr. Seuss trees | City birds | Baleen sniffers | Hell chicken | Shrinking moon | Safe fish | January 30, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 23, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Oilsands pollution | Plankton & fish | Forestry C02 | Ants & lions | Sea otters & kelp | Driving on weed | Costly veg | January 23, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 16, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Big climate salmon | Ancient kelp | Mammoth trek | St. Lawrence 02 | Fruit juice fat | B.C. opioid policy | January 16, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 9, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
T.rex’s cousin | Fossil skin | Toxic whales | Sharkfin catch | Low snowpack | Halibut spread | Suicide biomarkers | January 9, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
December 19, 2023 | SMCC Heads Up
New Van. Isle quake fault | Alberta quake | Heatwave snowpack | Permafrost methane | ON family docs | OH the pain | December 19, 2023 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
December 12, 2023 | SMCC Heads Up
Woolly dogs | Wildlife killers | Larry’s plastics | Glysophate disappointment | Salmon chill | Piercing microbiome | December 12, 2023 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
