鈥淥ur research shows that climate change is having substantial impacts on Arctic ecosystems, with consequences for exposure to toxic pollutants like mercury,鈥� says co-author Jean-Pierre Desforges, a Postdoctoral Fellow [NRS] at 成人VR视频 under the supervision of Nil Basu [NRS/SHN] and Melissa McKinney [NRS].
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Published on: 31 Mar 2021
Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse with climate change. Lasting solutions must encourage the use of alternative water supplies like rainwater catchment and grey water recycling.
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Published on: 31 Mar 2021
In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwhals. Studying the animals鈥� tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the past half century in response to sea-ice decline. Human emissions have also led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in recent years, according to an international team of researchers.
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Published on: 29 Mar 2021
Emily Choy [Post Doctoral Fellow, NRS. Advisor : Kyle Elliott] became hooked on the Arctic when, as a Master鈥檚 student, she jumped on a research opportunity to study the effects of manmade contaminants on High Arctic food webs on Devon Island, Nunavut. 鈥淲hen I experienced how out of the world it was and observed the wildlife that are so highly adapted to the Arctic environment, I just fell in love,鈥� says Choy.
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Published on: 25 Nov 2020
[Natural Resource Sciences professor Kyle Elliott,聽Canada Research Chair in Arctic Ecology, and grad students Allison Patterson and Don-Jean Leandri-Breton are co-authors on this study]
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Published on: 8 Nov 2020
[Co-author Joshua Sterlin is a PhD student in the聽Department of Natural Resource Sciences at 成人VR视频.]
An increase in cutting in Quebec鈥檚 public forests would be a mistake for the forests, the industry, the climate and the regions.
A recent opinion article in the Montreal Gazette (鈥淪hortfall in forest harvest is costly to economy鈥� Oct. 29) called on governments and logging companies to work together to increase cutting in Quebec.
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Published on: 8 Nov 2020
While the world has been locked down for much of the spring and summer, airplanes have been grounded, fishing fleets have sat mostly idle and cars have stayed parked in their driveway as people worked from home. What kind of impact has this had on the environment? And what lessons have we learned from the relatively quick pivot governments and citizens have made to combat the spread of COVID-19? Can we apply the same commitment and speed of mobilization to pressing issues like climate change? 聽
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Published on: 28 Aug 2020
OpEd by Tom Mulcair, former the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (2012-2017).聽
Fifty years ago, Canada became a major, credible player in the world of environmental protection with the creation of our first department of the environment by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.聽That move was聽 accompanied by a progressive vision that was critical of the unbridled growth which showed no regard to the consequences for life on our planet.聽
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Published on: 11 Aug 2020
惭肠骋颈濒濒鈥檚 Elena Bennett wants you to imagine a radical, inspiring, and realistic future for our planet
When you think of the Earth 50 years from now, what do you see? Do you imagine desolate cities, scorched forests, dead oceans, lost biodiversity? Elena Bennett wants you to know the future doesn鈥檛 have to be bleak.
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Published on: 20 Jul 2020
There鈥檚 less ice, more capelin and lots of hungry polar bears
Climate change in the eastern Arctic has already altered the travel, diet and safety of some of the most numerous birds in the circumpolar world: thick-billed murres, known as akpait in Inuktitut.
These and other changes are likely to continue, says Allison Patterson, a 成人VR视频 graduate student [with Professor Kyle Elliott] who has tracked the habits of these black-and-white birds on Hudson Bay鈥檚 Coats Island, known as Akpatordjuark in Inuktitut.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020
Indigenous Peoples around the world are suffering disproportionately from the impacts of pollution. After surveying close to 700 articles covering different disciplines and regions of the world, a research team led by Helsinki University and involving 成人VR视频 has highlighted key factors that contribute to this situation.
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Published on: 1 Jun 2020
Gus was born in Elrose, Saskatchewan and grew up on a farm where he acquired a life-long love for the land. He earned a BSc (Agr) and MSc at the University of Saskatchewan, and a PhD in soil chemistry from Cornell University. Gus spent the majority of his academic career at 成人VR视频's Macdonald Campus where he pioneered fertility research in crop production, maximizing crop yield and the value of fertilizer management.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
Every year, patches of Australian forests are consumed by fire, an ecologically necessary process that releases soil nutrients and stimulates plant growth. When the fire season is exacerbated by drought and high temperature, however, the devastation is so great that some citizens are forced to flee their homes. In the most extreme circumstances, natural habitats are ruined completely, even to the point of species extirpation.聽
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Published on: 30 Jan 2020
芦鈥塉e suis un gardien de la Terre, j鈥檈n prends soin.鈥壜� C鈥檈st ainsi que Peter G. Brown, producteur forestier certifi茅 et professeur 脿 la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频, r茅sume sa philosophie 脿 l鈥櫭ゞard de sa terre 脿 bois d鈥檈nviron 400 acres dans la municipalit茅 de Franklin, en Mont茅r茅gie.
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Published on: 24 Jan 2020
Student researcher pieces together satellite data to help communities monitor wildfires
Morgan Crowley鈥檚 interest in sustainability took root early.
As a schoolchild in New Hampshire, she went to summer camp on Pine Mountain 鈥� so named for the stately evergreens that used to blanket the site. By the time Morgan started going there, 鈥渢here were only two pines left鈥� because the rest had fallen victim to a forest fire or to logging. As a result, 鈥淚 grew up thinking very much about ecological sustainability.鈥�
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Published on: 21 Nov 2019
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