The loss of biodiversity continues at an alarming rate despite decades of research and international policies setting out clear goals in the area. In an article published this week in Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists including researchers from McGill identified seven key areas for future research in order to tackle, effectively, the root causes of the problem.
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Published on: 28 Oct 2019
A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2018
By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom
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Published on: 5 Oct 2016
Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fueled a sharp increase in the amount of mined phosphorus used to produce the food consumed by the average person over the course of a year, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. Between 1961 and 2007, rising meat consumption and total calorie intake underpinned a 38% increase in the world’s per capita “phosphorus footprint,” the researchers conclude in a paper published online in Environmental Research Letters.
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Published on: 17 Jan 2013