North pole will be ice-free in summer

Published: 21 April 2020

Summer Arctic sea-ice is predicted to disappear before 2050, resulting in devastating consequences for the Arctic ecosystem. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how often and...

New technique for measuring greenhouse gas production from thawing permafrost

Published: 26 March 2020

A research team led by McGill University geochemist Peter Douglas has used a new method for measuring the rate at which methane is produced by microbes breaking down thawing permafrost. “There is a...

Increasingly mobile sea ice risks polluting Arctic neighbours

Published: 19 March 2020

The movement of sea ice between Arctic countries is expected to significantly increase this century, raising the risk of more widely transporting pollutants like microplastics and oil between...

Cloud and Water Vapour Observations from Far IR Radiometry

Monday, September 16, 2019 15:30to17:00

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Departmental Seminar Series presents/meteoCategory: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Departmental Seminar Series

Government of Canada funds collaborative research to clean Arctic oil spills

Published: 3 September 2019

Two McGill researchers developing solutions to clean marine oil spills in the Northwest Passage and in oceans surrounding Canada to receive $3.7 million in funding from the Multi-Partner Research...

De retour de l’Arctique

Published: 12 October 2018

Que nous dit le Grand Nord sur notre climat, présent et passé? Isabelle Burgun s’entretient avec deux chercheurs : Marianne Falardeau-Côté, candidate au doctorat au département des sciences des...

Student captures 2nd place in NSERC - Science, action! competition

Published: 5 April 2017

Congratulations to M.Sc. candidate Émile Brisson-Curadeau (Supervisor: Prof. Kyle Elliott, NRS) for capturing second place in "NSERC -" Science, action!" competition contest for "La sentinelle des...

A ‘tropical’ parasitic disease emerges in the Arctic

Published: 28 April 2016

By Julie Robert, McGill University Health Centre Canadian researchers describe the first outbreak of Cryptosporidium parasite in Nunavik

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