Plus de 450 personnes ont officiellement contract茅 la bact茅rie salmonelle de souche Newport au Canada cet 茅t茅, dont 23 au Qu茅bec. Selon l鈥橝gence canadienne d鈥檌nspection des aliments (ACIA), une personne en est possiblement morte, tandis que 66 personnes ont d没 锚tre hospitalis茅es.
...Qu鈥檈st-ce que la salmonellose聽?
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
Urban beekeeping has been touted as a way to boost pollination and improve sustainability, food security and biodiversity in cities. Many people and businesses聽who've added beehives to their backyards and rooftops (including CBC) say they're doing it to help fight declines in bee populations.
But researchers say urban beekeepers are likely doing just the opposite when it comes to wild bee species.
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
Phragmite, panais sauvage, herbe 脿 poux, nerprun, renou茅 du Japon聽: ce sont toutes des plantes envahissantes, nuisibles 脿 un certain degr茅, qui prennent de plus en plus de place sur les terres agricoles et parfois m锚me dans nos for锚ts. Plusieurs sont inconnues de la population g茅n茅rale, mais causent de s茅rieux maux de t锚te aux agriculteurs.
Parmi celles-ci, la plus probl茅matique semble 锚tre le phragmite, aussi appel茅 芦鈥塺oseau commun鈥壜�. On le qualifie parfois de 芦鈥塿茅ritable menace 脿 la biodiversit茅 des lieux humides鈥壜�.
Congratulations to the Macdonald Teams who are competing in the 2020 Dobson Cup Finals, taking place online from July 27-30.
BioFem: is aimed at addressing the problem of organic waste management and disposal in Cameroon by using the waste to produce compost and biogas. Bioresource Engineering U3 student Maeve Che and teammates from the Faculty of Science.
Originaire du Nigeria, Jacob Tizhe Liberty a toujours cherch茅 脿 d茅velopper des solutions aux probl猫mes locaux qu鈥檌l observait. C鈥檈st ce qui l鈥檃 amen茅, dans le cadre de ses 茅tudes doctorales, 脿 mettre au point de nouvelles techniques pour mieux 茅valuer la qualit茅 des aliments et ainsi diminuer le gaspillage.
Congratulations to Professor Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) for receiving a $198,569 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: #CitiSciWater 鈥� Exploring the potential of scalable, user-centric citizen science platforms and tools to co-create actionable knowledge and transform water governance. .
During the 2020 edition of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual conference, held virtually on July 13-15, two Macdonald Campus Food Science teams representing 69热视频 competed as finalists in the prestigious 2020 Smart Snacks for Kids Product Development Competition and the 2020 Developing Solutions for Developing Countries Competition.
I hope this finds you well and enjoying our first month of summer. Although things are much quieter than usual on Macdonald campus and things are still far from 鈥渘ormal,鈥� I am very proud of all the great work being accomplished in our Faculty and the plans developing for the upcoming Fall semester. I am pleased to share some highlights with you.
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.
芦聽Les 茅leveurs produisent pour nourrir les gens et des normes sont mises en place pour s鈥檃ssurer que cette production est ad茅quate, explique l鈥檃gronome 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 69热视频, Pascal Th茅riault. Cependant, 脿 partir du moment o霉 on instaure une norme, cela cr茅e un stress.聽禄
Depuis toujours, ils servent 脿 b芒tir autant qu鈥櫭� r锚ver... Dans cette s茅rie estivale, Le Devoir tente de cerner de quel bois sont faits les arbres qui nous entourent. Aujourd鈥檋ui聽: le ch芒taignier am茅ricain.
L鈥檈ntrevue est pratiquement termin茅e. Christie Lovat parle depuis une bonne heure du ch芒taignier d鈥橝m茅rique auquel elle a r茅cemment consacr茅 sa th猫se de doctorat en sciences des plantes 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 69热视频.
The rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused sudden and widespread changes for Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (AES) students, many of whom are now struggling to make ends meet.
芦聽Il suffit d鈥檌nstaller notre syst猫me au champ et de pousser sur le bouton ON, et le tour est jou茅聽禄, indique Viacheslav Adamchuk, professeur en g茅nie des bioressources 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 69热视频, en parlant du nouvel outil prototype cr茅茅 par son 茅quipe pour mesurer les 茅missions de CO2 provenant du sol. 禄
