Ask A Scientist: get answers to your environmental questions
Do you have a question on air pollution, weather, climate change, plastics, birds, butterflies, polar bears, caribou, or any other subjects? Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Scientists can respond to your questions!
Follow Environment and Climate Change Canada on YouTube to see the featured topics of discussions and meet our scientists. You could have the opportunity to have your question answered by one of our world-class scientists and be featured in one of our #AskAScientist episodes!
How to submit your question
You can send your question in French or English to: communicationsscience-sciencecommunications@ec.gc.ca. If your question is selected for an episode, we will contact you to inform you about next steps. When sending your question, ensure to title your email with #AskAScientist.
Featured topics
Watch our scientists' videos!
Air quality
How do we calculate the Air Quality Health Index? – YouTube (3 min 45 s)
How is Canada's air quality? – YouTube (2 min 33 s)
Did COVID-19 travel restrictions improve air quality? – YouTube (2 min 37 s)
How long until the ozone layer is destroyed? – YouTube (2 min 12 s)
Wildlife
What dangers do polar bears face? – YouTube (2 min 56 s)
Are caribou at risk? – YouTube (5 min 16 s)
What is the difference between caribou and reindeer? – YouTube (3 min 25 s)
How can we help monarch butterflies and other pollinators? – YouTube (3 min 12 s)
Pollution
How do you study pollution in marine mammals? – YouTube (2 min 40 s)
What are the indicators of pollution in the Arctic? – YouTube (2 min 35 s)
Are bioplastics really biodegradable? – YouTube (3 min 39 s)
Climate Change
Can we stop climate change? – YouTube (1 min 44 s)
How hot will our summers be in 2050? – YouTube (1 min 58 s)
Will we still get snow in the winter in 2100? – YouTube (1 min 9 s)
How much ice has melted in the Arctic? – YouTube (1 min 42 s)
Why are Canada's ice shelves disappearing? – YouTube (2 min 27 s)
How do we know humans cause climate change? – YouTube (2 min 54 s)
How does climate change contribute to sea level rise? – YouTube (3 min 38 s)
Are wildfires getting worse because of climate change? – YouTube (2 min 18 s)
What is net zero? – YouTube (5 min 19 s)
How do we create computer models of the climate? – YouTube (2 min 57 s)
Episodes
Watch our scientists’ answer to your question and all #AskAScientist episodes on our YouTube channel. You can also subscribe to this channel to receive notifications of new videos.