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Climate Change threatens crops, water for billions around the globe

Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world鈥檚 poorest people are at risk.

The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, raise troubling questions about who will be able to adapt in a shifting, less dependable world.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a great potential for the problems to occur where people have the least ability to cope with it,鈥� said Elena Bennett [NRS], who studies ecological systems at 69热视频 and is one of the paper鈥檚 21 co-authors.

Classified as: climate change, agriculture, crops, water
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Published on: 17 Oct 2019

Interactive map shows nature鈥檚 contributions to people

Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. A wild bee buzzes through a farm, pollinating vegetables as it goes. Nearby, wetlands remove chemicals from the farm鈥檚 runoff, protecting a community drinking water source. In communities all around the world, nature鈥檚 contributions are constantly flowing to people.

Classified as: nature, global modeling
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Published on: 11 Oct 2019

Gare 脿 la transmission de maladies par l鈥檈au

Lorsqu鈥檜ne contamination bact茅rienne se d茅clare 脿 proximit茅 d鈥檜ne ferme, il faut cibler le plus rapidement possible les 茅levages probl茅matiques puisque certaines souches peuvent parfois infecter l鈥檋omme. L鈥檕bjectif est de mettre en place des barri猫res naturelles qui emp锚cheront les ruissellements provenant de ces fermes de se retrouver dans l鈥檈au potable environnante.

Classified as: water, bacteria, contamination, infection
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Published on: 9 Oct 2019

The loss of three billion birds in North America is the canary in the coal mine

OpEd by Emeritus Professor David Bird:

David M. Bird is an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 69热视频 who has studied birds for five decades.

When I read the recent headlines that North America has lost nearly three billion birds over just the past five decades, I was not surprised. But I must admit it did depress me to a degree. That鈥檚 a lot of birds!

Classified as: birds
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Published on: 3 Oct 2019

Opinion: Instead of flight shaming, let鈥檚 be thoughtful and selective about all travel

Opinion: Instead of flight shaming, let鈥檚 be thoughtful and selective about all travel

A conversation [between Raman Navankutty and Lior Silberman, both professors at the University of British Columbia; and Elena Bennett, a professor at 69热视频] about flying leads to some unexpected discoveries about how to minimize the climate impacts of getting around.

Classified as: carbon footprint
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Published on: 26 Sep 2019

Urban beekeeping putting the sting on wild bee populations

69热视频 entomology researcher and PhD candidate Gail MacInnis presented her findings at the Apimondia International Apicultural Congress in Montreal earlier this week

69热视频 entomology researcher and PhD candidate Gail MacInnis says that when comparing pollination efficiency between wild bees native to Canada and the more numerous honey bees, there is no contest. Wild bees win, wings down.

Classified as: Bees, beekeeping, urban beekeeping
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Published on: 16 Sep 2019

$5.5M support for new Canadian ecosystem service network

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) ensures Canada鈥檚 working landscapes remain biologically diverse, resilient, and adaptive

Classified as: ecosystem services
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Published on: 6 Sep 2019

Government of Canada funds collaborative research to clean Arctic oil spills

Two 69热视频 researchers developing solutions to clean marine oil spills in the Northwest Passage and in oceans surrounding Canada to receive $3.7 million in funding from the Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI).

Classified as: Arctic, oil spills, food and sustainability
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Published on: 3 Sep 2019

Murres dive deep on fishing missions

Rappelling down a 650-foot cliff to catch seabirds on a remote island just below the Arctic Circle was scary enough.

鈥淭he first time you look over and you rappel over, it鈥檚 certainly not for the faint of heart,鈥� said Kyle Elliott, a research chair in Arctic ecology at 69热视频 in Canada.

But for Elliott and fellow researcher Emile Brisson Curadeau, it was the hungry polar bears (Ursus maritimus) 鈥� usually one a day walking near their cabin 鈥� that raised real concerns, and devoured their research subjects.

Classified as: murres, Research, Artctic
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Published on: 22 Aug 2019

Professor Joann Whalen named a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science

Congratulations to NRS professor Joann Whalen who has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS). The Award is for members with a distinguished record of accomplishment in soil science & service to the CSSS.

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Classified as: soil science
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Published on: 15 Jul 2019

Soil science specialist Joann Whalen awarded Auguste Scott Prize

Congratulations to NRS professor Joann Whalen, who was recently awarded the Auguste Scott prize given by the Association quebecoise de specialistes en science du sol (AQSSS). Other professors who won it previously were Dr. Gus Mackenzie and Dr. Guy Mehuys. The prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of soil science.

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Published on: 2 Jul 2019

New and Renewed Canada Research Chairs for the Faculty

On June 14 in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable , Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 52 institutions across Canada. The also made an important investment towards these Chairs in providing more than $5.2 million in new funding for research infrastructure, supporting 30 Chairs at 18 institutions.

Classified as: CRC Chair
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Published on: 18 Jun 2019

Entomologists fear urban beekeeping could be putting wild bees at risk

Some entomologists are sounding the alarm that native bees could be in danger of being wiped out, because of the popularity of urban beekeeping.

鈥淭he danger is that we鈥檙e probably losing species and don鈥檛 even know it,鈥� says Gail MacInnis, a PhD entomology candidate at 69热视频.聽 Something needs to be done, she says, to control the number of honeybees being raised.

Classified as: Bees, beehives, entomology, urban beekeeping
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019

Il veut remuer le milieu des rince-bouche

顿鈥檃辫谤猫蝉 S茅bastien Faucher, professeur au d茅partement des sciences des ressources naturelles 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 69热视频, les rince-bouche ne sont qu鈥檜ne goutte d鈥檈au dans la pollution de nos cours d鈥檈au.聽

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Classified as: pollution
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Published on: 27 May 2019

EcoToxChip aims to slash cost and time for chemical toxicity tests, save lab animals

The EcoToxChip is expected to generate huge savings in time, money and live animals in testing thousands of chemicals for toxicity. The project is being led by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, 69热视频 in Montreal and Environment and Climate Change Canada in Ottawa.

Classified as: EcoToxChip, toxicity
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Published on: 7 May 2019

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