/channels/taxonomy/term/3585/all en /channels/channels/news/prize-winning-scholars-advocate-immigrant-women-killer-whales-and-balanced-society-356262 <p>平特五不中 is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the 2024 <a href="/newsroom/faculty-and-staff/principals-prize">President鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media</a>. The Prize was created to recognize outstanding achievement among those who share their knowledge on a vast range of subjects with the media and the public. This year, there were applicants from 11 of the 12 faculties, a sign that sharing knowledge and a love of learning continue to be embedded in 平特五不中鈥檚 DNA.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:01:26 +0000 webfull 198753 at /channels /channels/channels/news/co-imagining-futures-canadas-landscapes-anthropocene-352758 <p>We live in the Anthropocene era. Human actions have become the major driving force behind unprecedented environmental challenges, creating delicate complexities and uncertainties about the future of the planet and humanity. Canada鈥檚 critical landscapes are not spared from these challenges, threatening the well-being of human and non-human communities that depend on them for various natural benefits. Thus, our ability to prepare, plan, and reflect for the future has never been as important to ensure that Canada鈥檚 landscapes thrive sustainably and resiliently in the Anthropocene.</p> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:39:55 +0000 webfull 194817 at /channels /channels/channels/news/killer-whales-diet-more-important-location-pollutant-exposure-study-says-352197 <p>Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans鈥� top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers in the American Chemical Society鈥� <i>Environmental Science & Technology</i> report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individuals鈥� blubber. The animals鈥� diet, rather than location, greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks 鈥� information that鈥檚 helpful to conservation efforts.</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:38:07 +0000 webfull 194166 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-establishes-research-chair-address-climate-change-north-352101 <p>As Canadians experience a year of record-breaking wildfires, floods, and extreme heat, experts are warning that these conditions will persist and likely intensify over the coming decades as we experience the escalating effects of climate change and global warming. These impacts are being felt even more acutely in northern regions of the planet, where temperatures are rising at four times the global rate.</p> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:25:13 +0000 webfull 194067 at /channels /channels/channels/news/achieving-alternate-futures-anthropocene-351626 <p>A聽<a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-095011">recent article</a>, written by a team which includes Professor聽<a href="/nrs/academic-0/bennett">Elena Bennett</a>聽in 平特五不中鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch defined by humans' colossal impact on the environment. To counteract this widescale destruction, the researchers propose that imagination is a hopeful yet complicated tool for creating a positive environmental future.聽</p> Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:19:23 +0000 webfull 193535 at /channels /channels/channels/news/not-so-sweet-after-all-are-candy-striped-spiders-threat-ecosystems-across-north-america-347859 <div class="bl-tpl">For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment. Even in their sleep, pollinating insects cannot catch a break 鈥� for fear they鈥檒l be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Research published in <i>Ecology </i>took a closer look into this spider鈥檚 behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.</div> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:48:18 +0000 webfull 189095 at /channels /channels/channels/news/tastes-differ-even-among-north-atlantic-killer-whales-347500 <p>Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it鈥檚 known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit widely different food types, even within the same region, we know much less about the feeding habits of those found throughout the North Atlantic. Thanks to a new technique developed by a research team led by 平特五不中, it is now possible to quantify, for the first time, the proportion of different prey that killer whales in the North Atlantic are eating by studying the fatty acid patterns in their blubber.</p> Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:14:46 +0000 webfull 189002 at /channels /channels/channels/news/blueprint-life-forms-mars-339976 <p>The extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada鈥檚 High Arctic is the one that most closely resembles certain areas on Mars. So, if you want to learn more about the kinds of life forms that could once have existed 鈥� or may still exist 鈥� on Mars, this is a good place to look. After much searching under extremely difficult conditions, 平特五不中 researchers have found microbes that have never been identified before.</p> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:02:18 +0000 webfull 180639 at /channels /channels/channels/news/five-mcgill-teams-awarded-funding-new-genomic-integration-program-331618 <p>Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five 平特五不中 teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:24:00 +0000 webfull 171241 at /channels /channels/channels/news/pcb-contamination-icelandic-orcas-matter-diet-330886 <p><i>Image caption: These killer whales may appear healthy, but a new study has found extremely high levels of PCB contamination in some of the whales. There was a 300-fold difference between the levels of PCBs among the most contaminated orcas compared to the least contaminated ones. The variation was mainly due to their eating habits. CREDIT: Filipa Samarra - Icelandic Orca Project</i></p> Thu, 06 May 2021 14:03:41 +0000 webfull 170401 at /channels /channels/channels/news/there-no-one-size-fits-all-road-sustainability-patchwork-earth-327883 <p>In a world as diverse as our own, the journey towards a sustainable future will look different depending on where in the world we live, according to a recent paper published in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332221000506?dgcid=author">One Earth</a> and led by 平特五不中, with researchers from the Stockholm Resilience Centre.</p> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:13:46 +0000 webfull 168394 at /channels /channels/channels/news/well-built-muscles-underlie-athletic-performance-birds-327669 <p>Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometres a day to find food, according to a recent paper by scientists from 平特五不中 and Colgate universities published in the <a href="https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/22/jeb234104"><i>Journal of Experimental Biology</i></a>.</p> Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:21:49 +0000 webfull 166914 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-world-migratory-bird-day-may-9-322035 <div><a href="https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/">World Migratory Bird Day</a>聽is May 9. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and Environment for the Americas (EFTA) have joined forces to strengthen global recognition and appreciation of migratory birds.</div> Tue, 05 May 2020 15:42:52 +0000 webfull 160547 at /channels /channels/news/seeds-good-anthropocene-263334 <p><strong>Elena M. Bennett</strong> of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences is the lead author of <em>Bright Spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene</em>. "The paper describes an effort to identify and propagate social and environmental projects that could reverse a centuries-long pattern in which human prosperity has come at the cost of substantial harm to ecosystems and excluded communities. "</p> <p><strong><a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/building-a-good-anthropocene-from-the-bottom-up/?_r=0">Read more in NYTimes</a></strong></p> <p>聽</p> Fri, 07 Oct 2016 13:24:07 +0000 webfull 121938 at /channels /channels/news/fighting-new-viruses-should-we-make-some-mosquitoes-extinct-nov-23-264273 <p><span>Chris Cloutier will tackle the controversial issue of mosquito eradication聽</span><a href="/macdonald/about/events/fft">November 23 at 7:00 PM during a Food for thought talk at Macdonald Campus</a><span>.</span></p> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:50:23 +0000 webfull 123143 at /channels