Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials last year warned residents of Arizona and Nevada that they could face cuts in Colorado River water deliveries in 2016.
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Published on: 29 Aug 2014
Three innovative research partnerships at McGill University have received significant long-term investments from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) partnership grants program, totaling more than $6.8 million. Each project will use novel approaches to advance knowledge and understanding on critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance -- from teaching computers to recognize musical symbols in images, to deepening understanding about text mining and the place of information technology within society.
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Published on: 27 Aug 2014
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Published on: 27 Aug 2014
The Mayday Fund has selected Jeffrey Mogil to be a fellow under the Mayday Pain & Society. He is one of six experts in pain management to receive the honour.
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Published on: 20 Aug 2014
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Published on: 12 Aug 2014
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Published on: 10 Aug 2014
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Published on: 5 Aug 2014
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Published on: 4 Aug 2014
Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according to research by McGill physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.
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Published on: 21 Jul 2014
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Published on: 15 Jul 2014
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Published on: 15 Jul 2014
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Published on: 14 Jul 2014
Brief pulse detected by Arecibo telescope appears to come from far beyond our galaxy
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Published on: 10 Jul 2014
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Published on: 9 Jul 2014
