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Pollution and Climate Change
This sub-section examines the effects of air pollution on forests and of greenhouse gases on climate, the danger of insecticides for birds and human health, and the pollutants in our rivers.
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Polar Bears near the Arctic Circle in Churchill, Manitoba
2005
Issued by Canada Post for its Flag series, this postage...
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Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice and Permafrost
2003, production : Alain Belhumeur, Jean Lemire
The Arctic is highly sensitive to climate change. While...
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Icefields Parkway, Alberta
2002
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Agricultural Management, Prince Edward Island
2001, production : Sylvie Dauphinais
Organochlorines are chemicals in which carbon and chlorine...
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Icefields Parkway, Alberta
This postage stamp reproduction shows a tour bus parked at the base of the Columbia Icefields where a number of tourists have disembarked to enjoy the view.  Larger image
Catherine Bradbury, Jeannine Saylor, based on a photograph by Keith Moulding, June 1, 2002

Issued by Canada Post for its Tourist Attractions series, this postage stamp commemorates Alberta's Icefields Parkway, in the shadow of the Great Divide from the Trans Canada Highway near Lake Louise to Jasper. Global warming threatens the icefields that attract tourists.

Library Archives Canada / © Canada Post Corporation, 2002 / posb1073 / Reproduced with permission.

Did you know?
In 1979, New Brunswick was the first province to offer an Index of the Quality of the Air (IQUA) program. The Bay of Fundy, along the province's shoreline, can play a role in improving poor air quality, whereby the cool sea breezes slow pollutant dispersal and concentrate air pollution close to ground level.