Nathan Howes

Oakville, Orillia

Digital Writer at The Weather Network

Digital reporter at @weathernetwork. Former @MetrolandMedia reporter, @TheSheridanSun editor. @SheridanCollege print-journalism graduate. [email protected]

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Articles

Who left the muddy footprints? Examining animal tracks in messy landscapes

5 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

With spring in full force and average temperatures on an uphill climb, Canada's great outdoors is now bustling with wildlife. Many of the animals are now on the move, leaving behind tracks, markings and other signs that show they're out and about. With the messy weather that spring often brings, the markings can be easy to spot in your local landscapes.
Expecting hail? How to mitigate damage to yourself and your property

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

Expecting hail? How to mitigate damage to yourself and your propertyWhile individuals can’t prevent severe weather from happening, they can take steps to reduce the property damage they may incur from it. Severe storms in Canada every year serve as reminders to take steps to protect outdoor property from extreme wind and hail events. DON'T MISS: From nuisance to nightmare: Huge hail is an extreme dangerSuch could be the case on Tuesday in southern Ontario.
'Most intense' bleaching event ever: Global coral reefs under danger

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

Most of the world's coral reefs are facing a crisis from an ongoing, massive bleaching event that began in 2024, according to an update published on Wednesday. A year after the fourth worldwide coral bleaching event was declared by the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), the "most intense" affair is still ongoing––with alerts continuing to be issued around the globe, the organization said.
Increasing tree canopy is key for carbon capture, but there's a catch

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

Expanding tree canopy is one way to moderate temperatures on Earth, but a 2024 study says there could be unintended consequences to planting in the wrong locations. Restoring tree cover is an important strategy for carbon removal and addressing the climate crisis, but the benefit of the restoration involves more than just carbon sequestration, the study noted. Location of the tree cover can affect albedo, the fraction of solar radiation reflected back to the atmosphere.
Earth Day theme makes plea to triple renewable energy while saluting triumphs

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

With Earth Hour offering numerous ways to conserve energy, this year's Earth Day theme follows up on it with an emphasis on the importance of increasing renewable energy for securing our planet's future. Hosted by EarthDay.org since 1970, Earth Day is held annually on April 22 as a global initiative to show support for the environment and raise awareness for further action.
Canada snags its first tornado of the year and the credit goes to...

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes |Tyler Hamilton

Canada snags its first tornado of the year and the credit goes to... With plenty of severe weather and tornadoes south of the border in recent weeks, it was only a matter of time before some of that spilled into Canada as we get deeper into spring. While Canada has had ample amounts of thunderstorm activity this spring, with some locales seeing cells reaching severe criteria, there hadn't been a confirmed tornado in 2025...until Saturday.
Earth nears heat record as Arctic sea ice hits historic March low

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

Global temperatures continue to rise and approach new benchmarks amid an alarming trend in recent years. Last month was the second-warmest March globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 14.06 C. The reading was 0.65 C above the 1991-2020 average and 1.60 C above the pre-industrial level for March, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) report, which was released on Monday night.
1 million customers hit hard. Ontario's historic ice storm by the numbers

1 month ago | msn.com | Nathan Howes

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1 million customers hit hard. Ontario's historic ice storm by the numbers

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Howes

It's been a little more than a week since the start of what has turned out to be a destructive, widespread ice storm in Ontario. A massive undertaking by 4,000 Hydro One staff and crews from out of province have spent more a week working on getting power back to about one million customers impacted by the severe ice storm. While power has been restored to around 900,000 customers since last weekend, just under 100,000 of them are still in the dark as of Saturday afternoon (April 5).
Are we facing a water emergency?

1 month ago | msn.com | Nathan Howes

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