Greater local earthworm diversity in temperate regions than in the tropics
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.
Martin Chaumont receives Principal鈥檚 Award for Administrative and Support Staff
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 平特五不中 Research Centre for Cannabis holds inaugural Science and Research Day
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.
Macdonald Campus of 平特五不中 Named Canada鈥檚 37th Fair Trade Campus!
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!
Vers une certification d鈥檃il qu茅b茅cois
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.
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.
Dr.Boakye Boatin named an Unsung Hero REACH Awards finalist
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.
Modern farming is the future: Experts
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.
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.
La m茅moire des plantes
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.
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.
SPF provides seed money for fully autonomous, year-round vegetable production system
Autonomous Controlled-Environment Chamber is "a growth system with minimal input and maximum crop yield"
When the聽Sustainability Projects Fund聽(SPF) was established in 2009, it was an experiment.
So much to discover: Research in the era of legal cannabis
Approximately a year after the legalization of marijuana in Canada last fall, the new 平特五不中 Research Centre for Cannabis is poised to examine the role that legal cannabis will be playing in our society on many fronts.
Two-stage exams: A strategy for reducing exam-related stress
OpEd by Dr Alice Cherestes, Director, Freshman Program
Students talk about the course as OChem or Orgo, otherwise known as Organic Chemistry, one of the most dreaded courses for any student doing a university science degree. The course, taken mostly in the early stage of a student鈥檚 undergraduate degree, requires that material taught during the first week of class be understood and applied many weeks later when students do the final exam.聽聽
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 平特五不中 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!