/channels/taxonomy/term/10865/all en /channels/channels/news/seawater-memory-keeper-energy-source-and-pollution-tracking-342845 <h6><img alt="Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia" src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/seawater-bottled.png" style="width:60%" /><br /><i>Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Credit: Mike McDermid</i></h6> <h2>What can a bottle of seawater tell you about the fish living below?</h2> Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:46:19 +0000 webfull 183858 at /channels /channels/channels/event/environmental-and-health-impacts-covid-19-related-plastic-waste-333851 <p>Join us on October 13th, 2021, at 12:05 pm and hear Dr.</p> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 19:26:22 +0000 webfull 173621 at /channels /channels/channels/news/narwal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330149 <p>“Our research shows that climate change is having substantial impacts on Arctic ecosystems, with consequences for exposure to toxic pollutants like mercury,” says co-author <b>Jean-Pierre Desforges</b>, a Postdoctoral Fellow [NRS] at ���ϲ����� University under the supervision of <b>Nil Basu</b> [NRS/SHN] and <b>Melissa McKinney</b> [NRS].</p> <p><a href="/newsroom/channels/news/narwal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330059" target="_blank"><strong>���ϲ����� Newsroom</strong></a></p> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:38:52 +0000 webfull 169580 at /channels /channels/channels/news/narwhal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330059 <p>In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwhals. Studying the animals’ tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the past half century in response to sea-ice decline. Human emissions have also led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in recent years, according to an international team of researchers.</p> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:20:29 +0000 webfull 169475 at /channels /channels/channels/news/its-snowing-plastic-329666 <p>The snow may be melting, but it is leaving pollution behind in the form of micro- and nano-plastics according to a ���ϲ����� study that was recently published in <em><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121002773">Environmental Pollution</a></em>. The pollution is largely due to the relatively soluble plastics found in antifreeze products (polyethylene glycols) that can become airborne and picked up by the snow.</p> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:39:59 +0000 webfull 169062 at /channels /channels/channels/news/indigenous-peoples-around-globe-are-disproportionately-affected-pollution-322524 <p>Indigenous Peoples around the world are suffering disproportionately from the impacts of pollution. After surveying close to 700 articles covering different disciplines and regions of the world, a research team led by Helsinki University and involving ���ϲ����� has highlighted key factors that contribute to this situation.</p> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:04:55 +0000 webfull 161072 at /channels /channels/channels/news/smog-montreal-319655 <p>A smog warning is still in effect for the Greater Montreal area Monday as high concentrations of pollutants are expected to infiltrate the air. According to Environment Canada, this could "result in poor air quality, especially in urban areas where pollutant emissions are higher." (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/smog-warning-still-in-effect-for-greater-montreal-1.4791796">CTV</a>)</p> <p>���ϲ����� expert who can comment on the issue:</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:50:43 +0000 webfull 157872 at /channels /channels/channels/news/pollution-athabasca-oil-sands-affects-weather-processes-302608 <p>Scientists have been looking at pollution affecting the air, land and water around the Athabasca Oil Sands for some time. After looking at contaminants in snow taken from up-to 25 km away from the oil sands, a ���ϲ�����-led scientific team now suggests that oil sand pollution is also affecting the weather patterns in the surrounding regions.</p> Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:42:33 +0000 webfull 155540 at /channels /channels/channels/news/il-veut-remuer-le-milieu-des-rince-bouche-297434 <p>D’après <strong>Sébastien Faucher</strong>, professeur au département des sciences des ressources naturelles à l’Université ���ϲ�����, les rince-bouche ne sont qu’une goutte d’eau dans la pollution de nos cours d’eau. </p> <p>Lire dans <a href="https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/05/24/il-veut-remuer-le-milieu-des-rince-bouche" target="_blank">Le Journal de Montréal</a></p> Mon, 27 May 2019 13:20:16 +0000 webfull 149569 at /channels /channels/channels/news/la-pollution-est-une-tueuse-en-serie-281602 <p>Un décès sur six lui est attribuable chaque année […] « C’est la première fois que l’on conclut que la pollution environnementale est une cause si importante de décès », souligne le professeur <strong>Niladri Basu</strong>, chercheur à l’Université ���ϲ�����, qui a participé à l’étude publiée hier par la revue Lancet en partenariat avec l’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU).</p> <p><a href="http://www.journaldequebec.com/2017/10/20/la-pollution-est-une-tueuse-en-serie" target="_blank">Journal de Québec</a></p> Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:11:33 +0000 webfull 132156 at /channels /channels/event/sensing-city-256982 <h2>Overview</h2> Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:42:30 +0000 webfull 114445 at /channels /channels/news/microplastic-pollution-discovered-st-lawrence-river-239101 <p>A team of researchers from ���ϲ����� University and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads,' less than 2 mm in diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments. Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:23:10 +0000 webfull 105460 at /channels /channels/news/even-if-snows-not-yellow-you-might-not-want-eat-it-257983 <p>Yevgen Nazarenko (photo), Uday Kurien, Oleg Nepotchatykh and Rodrigo Rangel-Alvarado, with Prof Ariya have published a paper that demonstrates a substantial influence of snow on car exhaust pollution. In particular, the results showed that snow acts as a sink for toxic organic pollutants and nanosized particles from car exhausts. The article is published in <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5EM00616C"><em>Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts</em></a> and has attracted much attention, now classified "hot" on the Journal website.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:41:37 +0000 webfull 115350 at /channels /channels/news/pricing-pollution-right-solution-240388 <p> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:30:32 +0000 webfull 106745 at /channels /channels/news/why-do-some-fish-thrive-oil-polluted-water-258096 <p><strong><em>By Melody Enguix</em></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="/newsroom">���ϲ����� Newsroom</a></strong></p> <p>When scientists from ���ϲ����� University learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.</p> Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:58:11 +0000 webfull 115500 at /channels