The discovery of fossilized plants in Labrador, Canada, by a team of McGill directed paleontologists provides the first quantitative estimate of the area’s climate during the Cretaceous period, a time when the earth was dominated by dinosaurs. The specimens were found in the Redmond no.1 mine, in a remote area of Labrador near Schefferville, in August 2018. Together with specimens collected in previous expeditions, they are now at the core of a recent study published in Palaeontology.

Classified as: Redpath Museum, Fossils, Labrador, Canada Research Chair in Vertebrate Palaeontology, Musée de paléontologie et de l’évolution (MPE), Fonds de recherche Nature et technologies Québec, science and technology
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Published on: 2 Aug 2019

An item in today's CBC News reports on towns in Labrador West that are repositioning their economies for the 21st Century. These local economies once relied on mining minerals but are now housing data centres. The cheaper power and cooler air of the area make them ideal for data warehousing, since such centres use a lot of electricity and cause machines to heat up. Great North Data, a company based out of St.

Classified as: cbc news, data science in the news, data warehousing, bitcoin, Labrador
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Published on: 26 Jul 2016
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