Melting ice sheets may cause ‘climate chaos’ according to new modelling

Published: 6 February 2019

The weather these days is wild and will be wilder still within a century. In part, because the water from melting ice sheets off Greenland and in the Antarctic will cause extreme weather and...

Experts: COP24 UN Climate Change Conference

Published: 4 December 2018

Sébastien Jodoin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Alterations to seabed raise fears for future

Published: 29 October 2018

The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity.

Experts: Federal government to buy Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5B

Published: 29 May 2018

“The Liberal government will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and related infrastructure for $4.5 billion, and spend billions more to build the controversial expansion.” (CBC)...

Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world

Published: 6 February 2018

A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.  

A greener way to make ketones

Published: 26 January 2018

Researchers at McGill University have discovered a new, more environmentally friendly way to make ketones, an important chemical ingredient in pharmaceuticals.  While ketones are found in a wide...

Woodstoves are good for the soul, bad for the heart

Published: 27 February 2017

The risk of acute myocardial infarction for the elderly living in and around small cities is increased by air pollution caused by biomass burning from woodstoves.  ...

Bacteria control levels of dangerous pollutant in seabirds

Published: 16 December 2016

Despite ongoing global pollution, researchers have discovered that levels of mercury in seabirds off the coast of B.C. have remained relatively stable over the past 50 years. Surprisingly, mercury...

Taking stock of the world’s lakes

Published: 15 December 2016

The total shoreline of the world’s lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth’s landmass, it would form a...

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