by Hannah Hoag and Kasra Hassani Medicine and Veterinary Science subject editors What emerging infectious disease are you most worried about? You may think that here in Canada we’re far from the threat of infectious diseases that originate in warm southern climes, but climate change could bring that threat into our backyard. Last month, at […]
by Stephanne Taylor Physics & Astronomy subject editor Did you watch Cosmos on Sunday? The reboot of Carl Sagan’s 1980 classic hosted by Neil de Grasse Tyson has proven to be enormously popular, drawing millions of viewers every Sunday night. Last Sunday’s episode was the second to last, and the finale airs next week. The […]
by Aadita Chaudhury Technology & Engineering subject editor This past Monday marked the 44th annual celebration of what has been popularized around the world as Earth Day. With climate change emerging as a key scientific and social problem of the 21st century, some scientists, engineers and policy makers are starting to consider geoengineering as a […]
GUEST POST by Jennifer Provencher PhD candidate, Biology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa When most people think of the animals that live in polar regions, they think of polar bears or penguins. And although penguins are pretty cool, they are only a part of the amazing diversity of marine birds that make their home at the […]
GUEST POST by Jordan Grigor and Moritz Schmid Oceanography PhD students, Laval University Greenhouse gas-related atmospheric warming has led to an increase in average global temperatures of about 0.85°C between 1880 and 2012 (IPCC 2013). This increase is not evenly distributed: the Arctic is warming much faster than the temperate oceans. The most pessimistic predictions […]
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