Scientists tackle the question of what kinds of life might reside now on the Red Planet, and how we might find it.
Last week NASA convened a visionary meeting in New Mexico to consider a topic critical to astrobiology鈥攚hether life currently exists on Mars, and if so, how to detect it. The site of the conference was near the world-renowned Carlsbad Caverns, which attendees got to visit during a mid-conference workshop.
At today鈥檚 Remembrance Day ceremony at Macdonald Campus, the crowd 鈥� mostly schoolchildren from Macdonald High School and three West Island elementary schools 鈥� huddled together against a cold, wet snow.
鈥淚magine the conditions faced by Canadian soldiers,鈥� one observer commented.
Le 27聽septembre, Greta Thunberg 茅tait 脿 Montr茅al pour parler de l鈥檜rgence climatique. Les questions environnementales sont en ce moment 脿 l鈥檃vant-sc猫ne des enjeux sociaux. 芦聽Malheureusement, on parle peu des r茅percussions du gaspillage alimentaire sur l鈥櫭﹖at de la plan猫te聽禄, rappelle Pascal Th茅riault, agronome et directeur des relations communautaires pour la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中.
Il faut parfois s鈥檃ttarder aux petits d茅tails pour avoir une vue d鈥檈nsemble. C鈥檈st ce que fait Subhasis Ghoshal, professeur de g茅nie civil 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中 [et le Centre Brace pour la gestion des ressources de l'eau], qui s鈥檌nt茅resse 脿 la pr茅sence de nanoparticules de m茅tal dans les eaux us茅es. Il souhaite 茅valuer le risque de contamination des sols lorsque les boues issues du traitement des eaux municipales sont recycl茅es en milieu agricole.
Call for more relevant, solutions-focused research to address the social-ecological crisis
Surprisingly, in any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics, according to a new study in Science. Global climate change could lead to significant shifts in earthworm communities worldwide, threatening the many vital functions they provide. Joann Whalen (NRS) is one of the co-authors on the study. 平特五不中 Reporter.
Congratulations to Mac Farm Staffer Martin Chaumont recipient of the Principal鈥檚 Award for Administrative and Support Staff (Technical Assistants, Library Assistants and Nurses Category)!
The new 平特五不中 Research Centre for Cannabis held its inaugural Science and Research Day on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the 平特五不中 Hospital Centre (MUHC), Glen site.
PRESS RELEASE - October 22, 2019
Fair Trade Canada is pleased to announce that the Macdonald Campus of 平特五不中 has become a Fair Trade Designated Campus!
芦聽脌 la fruiterie du coin, je saute syst茅matiquement sur l鈥檃il du Qu茅bec聽禄, avoue Jean-Benoit Charron, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中. Avec la demande grandissante pour les produits du terroir, l鈥檃il qu茅b茅cois est tr猫s pris茅 des consommateurs. Il se d茅marque par son go没t, sa dur茅e de conservation et sa faible teneur en pesticides. Pourtant, sa production demeure marginale. La raison聽: le manque de puret茅 des semences.
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 平特五不中 and is one of the paper鈥檚 21 co-authors.
Dr. Boatin [an Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Parasitology who teaches in the Parasitology graduate program] has played a transformative, frontline role in the field of disease.
鈥淲e applaud his tireless efforts in accelerating the pace towards Onchocerciasis disease elimination, and the elimination and control of other infectious diseases in Developing Countries. He has been for many years a frontline health worker driving global health and has been recognized by the Reach Awards program Reaching the Last Mile鈥�, Dr. Roger Prichard.
On the second day of the 8th Asian-Australasian conference on precision agriculture at PAU, the keynote speaker of the day, Prof Viacheslav Adamchuk, [BRE] shared his views on sensor systems in precision agriculture with special emphasis on development of proximal soil and plant sensing systems, geospatial data processing and management and practical implementation of precision agriculture.
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.
芦聽Je suis un gars de l鈥橝bitibi, donc je suis habitu茅 au froid!聽禄 s鈥檈xclame Jean-Benoit Charron, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中. En raison des changements climatiques, le froid n鈥檈st toutefois plus ce qu鈥檌l 茅tait. Les plantes cultiv茅es dans les champs doivent s鈥檃dapter 脿 ces nouvelles conditions.
芦聽Certains 茅pisodes de froid arrivent tr猫s t么t, et d鈥檃utres beaucoup plus tard qu鈥檃vant聽禄, explique le scientifique. De plus, les redoux en plein hiver r茅duisent la couverture de neige, privant ainsi la plante d鈥檜ne couche isolante.
