It鈥檚 a question that has long plagued humanity: are we alone in the universe?
Scientists at 成人VR视频鈥檚 Macdonald campus are venturing towards a definitive answer with the development of a biosignature or life-detection platform.
...鈥淭here are some indications that Mars, many billions of years ago, was much warmer 鈥� and much wetter,鈥� explained Lyle Whyte, a 成人VR视频 professor. 鈥淲here it would have been an environment that we can envision it would have hosted life as we know on Earth.鈥�
Conducting a bird census by foot can also be disruptive, David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 成人VR视频, told Popular Science. 鈥淲hile you鈥檙e doing that, you鈥檙e disturbing the hell out of the birds,鈥� Bird said.
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City of Montreal will plant 40,000 saplings to replace trees that must be cut down
Thousands of ash trees infested by the tiny but destructive emerald ash borer will be cut down in Mount Royal Park by March 2019.
There are more than 10,000 ash trees in the park, and two-thirds have been treated against the invasive bug.听 The rest听are getting axed.
Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific instruments and new microbiology techniques to identify and examine microorganisms in the Canadian high Arctic - one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth. By avoiding delays that come with having to return samples to a laboratory for analysis, the methodology could also be used on Earth to detect and identify pathogens during epidemics in remote areas.
Researchers from 成人VR视频 (Paul Thomassin) found that if Canadians ate less meat, and more fruits and vegetables, Canada's GDP would benefit. The authors recommended the government subsidize fruits and vegetables, and tax meat, in an effort to reduce chronic disease.
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Congratulations to Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) and Elena Bennett (Natural Resource Sciences) on their induction into the Royal Society of Canada. The announcement was made in September, and the induction ceremony was held in late November.
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For 47 years, biologists have plucked eggs from seabird nests along the British Columbia coast. Many of the eggs were collected from remote rocky islands surrounded by some of the world鈥檚 roughest seas.
In all, they collected 537 eggs from six species, including ancient murrelets, rhinoceros auklets and double-crested cormorants. Now these eggs are revealing new information about the way mercury finds its way into the ecosystem.
Un d茅c猫s sur six lui est attribuable chaque ann茅e [鈥 芦 C鈥檈st la premi猫re fois que l鈥檕n conclut que la pollution environnementale est une cause si importante de d茅c猫s 禄, souligne le professeur Niladri Basu, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频, qui a particip茅 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ude publi茅e hier par la revue Lancet en partenariat avec l鈥橭rganisation des Nations Unies (ONU).
Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, 成人VR视频 professor says. According to Jim Fyles, a forest ecology professor and director of the Morgan Arboretum, our city's trees have remained green a bit longer due to higher-than-average temperatures.
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Situ茅 sur le campus MacDonald de l'Universit茅 成人VR视频 脿 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 脿 la pointe ouest de l'卯le de Montr茅al, l'arboretum Morgan, une r茅serve arboricole et 茅cologique de 245 hectares, propose une panoplie d'activit茅s pour r茅g茅n茅rer le corps, 茅veiller les esprits fatigu茅s et int茅resser les n茅ophytes curieux tout autant que les connaisseurs 脿 l'茅cosyst猫me de la for锚t et 脿 son formidable r茅seau d'茅change.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Terry Wheeler, Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences.
Professor Wheeler was an expert in entomology and Director of the Lyman Entomological Museum. He had been a faculty member since January 1, 1995.
He lost his battle with cancer which he had taken in stride and fought with amazing optimism. Professor Wheeler will be terribly missed.
Judith Largy-Nadeau (BRE) and Dainava Blayney (NRS) and听students from the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke are going door-to-door in听Pointe-Claire to promote good waste habits this summer.
鈥淚t has been something of a mystery why predators are so important in animal extinctions,鈥� says Kyle Elliott, an assistant professor in 成人VR视频鈥檚 Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences and the first author of a recent study on the subject published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 鈥淎s prey populations decline, predators should simply switch to other prey.
Professor Peter G. Brown (Natural Resource Sciences) has been selected as the recipient of the US Society for Ecological Economics 2017 Herman Daly Award for outstanding contributions to the field of ecological economics.听
Marianne Falardeau-C么t茅, a PHD candidate in Natural Resource Sciences with Professor Elena Bennett and the recipient of the 2017 Laure Waridel Bursary, shares her experiences in Scandinavia.
