/newsroom/taxonomy/term/981/all en /newsroom/channels/news/treasures-beneath-ocean-floor-seawater-plays-role-gold-formation-357840 <p>Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries.</p> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:28:46 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310629 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024-356131 <p>On April 8, 2024, a spectacular and rare celestial event is set to unfold over Canada, the United States and Mexico – a total solar eclipse. As the Moon aligns perfectly between Earth and the Sun, temporary darkness will sweep across parts of the country, captivating countless spectators. Quebec hasn't witnessed a total solar eclipse in over 50 years, and it will be over 80 years before the next one. (<a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/eclipses/total-solar-eclipse.asp" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Government of Canada</a>) </p> Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:22:23 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310060 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/secrets-hot-saturn-and-its-spotted-star-unlocked-mcgill-universite-de-montreal-astronomers-353964 <p>Exoplanets, planets located beyond our Solar System, captivate both scientists and the public, holding the promise of unveiling diverse planetary systems and potentially habitable worlds. Despite being very much not like our Earth, large gas giant planets found very close to their stars have proven to be ideal test targets for telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to refine astronomers’ methods of understanding exoplanets.</p> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:47:02 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307572 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/more-meteorite-new-clues-about-demise-dinosaurs-353027 <p>What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur extinction, challenging the traditional narrative that a meteorite alone delivered the final blow to the ancient giants.</p> Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:11:05 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307487 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-worlds-largest-active-volcano-erupts-hawaii-343907 <p>Early Tuesday, lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 metres) into the air as Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. (<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/mauna-loa-in-hawaii-is-erupting-what-are-the-hazards-for-communities-and-the-world-1.6172750" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CTV</a>) </p> <p>Fiona D’Arcy, PhD candidate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences </p> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:53:41 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288542 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-ocean-out-balance-334733 <p>Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from small krill to large tuna, seem to obey a simple mathematical law that links an organism’s abundance to its body size. For example, although small krill are individually only about one millionth of the weight of a large tuna, they also tend to be a million times more numerous throughout the oceans. The idea, known as the Sheldon size spectrum theory, was first advanced in the 1970s, but has never been tested for a wide range of marine species and on a global scale until now.</p> Wed, 10 Nov 2021 20:46:52 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 283616 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/diet-restricted-size-hunter-gatherer-societies-334622 <p>Short growing seasons limited the possible size of hunter-gatherer societies by forcing people to rely on meat, according to a recent study by a team of international researchers, including ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ professor <a href="/eps/galbraith">Eric Galbraith</a>.</p> Fri, 05 Nov 2021 20:30:08 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 283397 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/hidden-magma-pools-pose-eruption-risks-we-cant-yet-detect-331267 <p>Scientists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Earth’s crust. But what happens if the magma can’t be spotted?</p> Mon, 31 May 2021 17:18:01 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 268524 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-earth-day-april-22-330545 <p>Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degradation and the need for immediate action. Many important environmental events have happened on Earth Day since its inception in 1970, including the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016. The theme for this year – the second Earth Day Live digital event - is: Restore our Earth.</p> Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:08:04 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 260677 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-mars-2020s-perseverance-landing-jezero-crater-328690 <p>NASA’s science rover <em>Perseverance</em>, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday, February 18 and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. (<a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/world/space-how-to-watch-nasa-mars-rover-perseverance-landing" target="_blank">National Post</a>)<br /> <br /> Here are some experts from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ that can provide comment on this issue:<br /> <br /></p> Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:52:23 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256628 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/what-will-be-next-big-things-astronomy-297507 <p>It’s been an exciting time for astronomy lovers in the past few years: the first black hole picture amazed, many exoplanets have been discovered, gravitational waves were observed for the first time.</p> <p>Now, what will be the next big things in astronomy?</p> <p>Astronomers from across Canada will gather in Montreal June 17-20 to discuss emerging topics that could lead to big new advances in the field in the coming decade.</p> Thu, 30 May 2019 17:40:09 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 165972 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-honoured-quebec-science-list-top-discoveries-292807 <p> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:25:50 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 121874 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-receives-5-million-gift-noted-canadian-geologist-bob-wares-290028 <p>As an entrepreneurial geologist, Bob Wares, (BSc’79, DSc’12), became a mining rock star when he discovered one of Canada’s largest gold deposits in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Now, he is bringing that Midas touch to his alma mater in the form of a landmark $5-million gift that will support research programs, fellowships, innovative research, a lecture series and outreach efforts in ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s Faculty of Science, with a particular focus on his home department, Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS).</p> Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:57:10 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 85200 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/eos-drones-swoop-measure-gas-belched-volcanoes-288193 <p><span>A team of volcanologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers from around the world test novel techniques at Central America’s two largest degassing volcanoes. </span></p> <p><a href="https://eos.org/project-updates/drones-swoop-in-to-measure-gas-belched-from-volcanoes">Read more </a></p> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:26:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 62697 at /newsroom