/newsroom/taxonomy/term/744/all en /newsroom/channels/news/government-canada-invests-6m-climate-change-adaptation-and-interdisciplinary-research-mcgill-357527 <p>聽<i>Two 平特五不中-led climate change mitigation projects receive funding from the New Frontiers in Research</i><i> </i><i>Fund鈥檚 (NFRF) International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition.</i> <i>Thirteen researchers receive grants through the NFRF Exploration Competition.</i></p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:55:03 +0000 admin 310577 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-how-climate-change-can-affect-fall-colours-352218 <p>The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all. The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts of the country and heavy rain in others is being reflected in fall colours across Canada, researchers say.</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:22:12 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307418 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/teaching-hope-during-climate-crisis-346875 <p>Headlines about severe climate events can make the future seem bleak.</p> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:24:44 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 296086 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 15:48:17 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 298497 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/fossil-discovery-reveals-complex-ecosystems-existed-earth-much-earlier-previously-thought-345984 <p>About 250 million years ago, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction killed over 80 per cent of the planet's species. In the aftermath, scientists believe that life on earth was dominated by simple species for up to 10 million years before more complex ecosystems could evolve. Now this longstanding theory is being challenged by a team of international researchers 鈥� including scientists from 平特五不中 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al.</p> Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:41:04 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 290349 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/what-crocodile-dna-reveals-about-ice-age-345190 <p>What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers from 平特五不中 discovered that while changing temperatures and rainfall had little impact on the crocodiles鈥� gene flow over the past three million years, changes to sea levels during the Ice Age had a different effect.</p> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:26:04 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288646 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ecological-rule-breaker-shows-effects-climate-change-body-size-evolution-343871 <p>Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia鈥檚 tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation 鈥� with an unexpected twist 鈥� according to researchers from 平特五不中, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23774-w">findings</a> shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.</p> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:14:10 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288538 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/sea-level-rise-rapid-and-unstoppable-unless-paris-agreement-targets-met-330786 <p><em>Image Caption: The Mackenzie River Delta on the Beaufort Sea, a low-lying region in the Canadian Arctic that is vulnerable to rising seas in a warming climate. CREDIT: Nadia and Harold Gomez</em></p> Mon, 03 May 2021 16:53:57 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 263032 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/greenlands-indigenous-population-favours-extracting-and-exporting-sand-melting-ice-sheet-340773 <p>A national survey of close to 1000 adults in Greenland (where approximately 90% of the population is Indigenous) conducted by a 平特五不中-led research team has found that a surprisingly large majority 鈥� 3 out of 4 Greenlanders 鈥� support extracting and exporting sand left by the melting ice sheet. A significant proportion want Greenland鈥檚 leadership to assess the impact of sand extraction and exports on both the environment and economy. Furthermore, when it comes to who mines the sand, the majority prefer local involvement to foreign collaboration.</p> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:47:30 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288307 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/measuring-social-impact-disruptive-weather-plus-other-stories-340751 <p>New research stories from 平特五不中.</p> <p><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/disruptive_weather.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p> <h2>Using artificial intelligence to study the social impact of disruptive weather events</h2> <p>Does a 鈥渄isruptive weather event鈥� imply extreme weather? Not necessarily, say two 平特五不中 researchers. Instead of focusing on social impacts, weather research tends to focus on meteorology.</p> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:25:08 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288305 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-quebec-summer-forecast-calls-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-339717 <p>A hot, "unstable and sticky" summer awaits Quebecers, according to The Weather Network, which predicts periods of abundant heat, often followed by severe thunderstorms. This will be the "fifth consecutive summer where temperatures will be above seasonal normals, which has never happened since we started compiling data" in 1942, according to Andr茅 Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-summer-forecast-calls-for-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-1.5925670" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> Tue, 31 May 2022 18:50:52 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 288167 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/research-briefs-origami-inspired-design-and-why-mice-fear-bananas-333903 <p>Here are some interesting new stories from 平特五不中 Media Relations:</p> Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:42:39 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 278069 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/exposure-wildfires-increases-risk-cancer-339499 <p>A new study from 平特五不中 finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine how proximity to forest fires may influence cancer risk.</p> Fri, 06 May 2022 18:43:15 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288123 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-cop-26-united-nations-climate-change-conference-334505 <p>The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/un-climate-change-conference-cop-26" target="_blank">United Nations</a>)</p> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:19:26 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 282996 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/2500-earth-could-be-alien-humans-334080 <p>To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark. Unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American Midwest tropical, and India too hot to live in, according to a team of international scientists.</p> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:30:51 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 279560 at /newsroom