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The Globe and Mail
 
Climate
 
 
 
 Sierra BeinSierra Bein 
 
Good afternoon, and welcome to Globe Climate, a newsletter about climate change, environment and resources in Canada.

We asked the experts which metrics of destruction tell the real story of Canada’s wildfire seasons. Today's deep dive looks at the red lines that matter most.

But first, here is the most recent news and some summer stories to provide levity as well. Let’s dive in.
 

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Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press
 
 
European bureau chief
 
Rome
 
Climate change is not just an environmental issue; it’s a business and industrial issue too
 
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Introduced to Hong Kong as pets, there are now an estimated 200 yellow-crested cockatoos living wild in the city, accounting for around 10 per cent of the entire global population of this endangered species.
 
Winster Wong/The Globe and Mail
 
 
Asia correspondent
 
Hong Kong
 
Urban flock of about 200 birds is genetically diverse and thriving well outside of its natural habitat, the jungles of Indonesia
 
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ROAM Creative and Pursuit/Supplied
 
Andrew Findlay
 
This summer, Pursuit is running the first electric passenger tour bus up and down the glacier
 
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DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
 
 
Vancouver
 
 

The scale of Canada’s wildfire seasons is told through a familiar accounting each summer: the total fire count, the control status of active blazes, the total area burned, the number of evacuation orders and the tally of structures lost.
 

The figures convey the immediate danger of encroaching blazes and the destruction they have wrought. Yet these figures, while important, fail to capture the human experience of a modern wildfire s