Sept. 23, 2014 | NY Times
by: Michael Becker
"As a doctoral candidate at McGill University in Montreal, I have spent three years researching how the planet’s changing climate is affecting the polar desert ecology of the high Arctic. It’s precisely this balance of climate and permafrost, ice and ecosystems that I’ve come here to study."
The McGill Reporter | Sept. 24, 2014
by: Neale McDevitt
McGill’s fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week came to a lively, colourful close on Friday, Sept. 19, with dancers dressed in traditional costumes performing an inter-tribal dance during the Pow Wow on the lower campus field in front of dozens of smiling spectators.
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CTV News Montréal | Sept 21, 2014
Thousands of environmentally-minded demonstrators assembled at Lafontaine Park Sunday to make a passionate appeal prior to Tuesday’s United Nation Climate Summit in New York.
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Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014
A team of researchers from McGill University and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.
The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by: Michelle Lalonde
Dr. Catherine Potvin is a climate scientist in McGill University’s Department of Biology, at the school in Montreal, Thursday, September 18, 2014. On September 21 she will speak at Montreal’s version of the People’s Climate March, a global event billed to be the biggest climate protest in history.
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The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by: Catherine Potvin
On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York’s People’s Climate March.
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The McGill Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014
By: The Reporter Staff
Audra Simpson, McGill alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.
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The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by: Lesley Chesterman
Gone are the days when thousands of McGill students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus.
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The Atlantic: CityLab.com | Aug 20, 2014
Written by: Eric Jaffe
For most people, a satisfying commute is not necessarily a happy one—a not-so-unhappy one will do. Yes, it's true that the ideal commute not absolutely zero commute; many of us can use the time to decompress or get some thinking done. But it's also true that beyond a certain point—roughly 15 minutes one-way, on average—we just want our lives and sanity back.
McGill Reporter | Aug 21, 2014
By: Neale McDevitt
The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual McGill à la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert.
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McGill Reporter | Aug 11, 2014
By: Chris Chipello
Montreal will soon become one of five global hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year international research program stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
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http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Montreal/ID/2487230329/
CBC News - August 11, 2014
McGill's Farm to School Project (SP0100) Summer Camp Click on the link above to watch the full story!
International Business Times | July 22, 2014
By: Jayalakshmi K
Global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 indicate a slowdown in global warming, but this was due to natural cooling fluctuation and not due to any decrease in greenhouse gas emissions - this has been proved by statistical analysis of the temperatures, conducted by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.
Published on July 30, 2014 | Environmental Research Web
For example, in York, UK, an "edible map" reveals that there is garlic mustard and horseradish growing in abundance alongside the river, and plums will be available on a tree in a street in Osbaldwick by August.
Published on July 23, 2014 | Journal Metro
by: Mathais Marchal
