Sustainability in research: If you want to green your lab, start with the freezer

Published: 15 May 2023

Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers

Sustainability in research: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance lab on finding creative solutions

Published: 16 March 2023

Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling – unless they’re experimental chemists working in McGill’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)...

Sustainability in research: The Barrett lab on treading lightly in the field

Published: 28 February 2023

Biological research is crucial to understanding the environmental impacts of the climate crisis, but oftentimes this research involves disrupting the environment it is trying to understand and...

Understanding the Role of Ecosystem Services in China

23 Aug 2017

Brian E. Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at McGill. His research looks at how people meet their needs through use of ecosystems and natural resources, and the role...

The Environmental Impact of Academic Travel

22 Aug 2017

Gal Kramer is a recent graduate from the Department of Geography and Institute for the Study of International development. She has spent the past year studying the environmental impact of long...

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