/macdonald/taxonomy/term/123/all en /macdonald/channels/event/department-natural-resource-sciences-invited-seminar-series-climate-change-research-and-action-must-333349 <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:10:07 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 596184 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/australian-wildfire-anomaly-319548 <p>Every year, patches of Australian forests are consumed by fire, an ecologically necessary process that releases soil nutrients and stimulates plant growth. When the fire season is exacerbated by drought and high temperature, however, the devastation is so great that some citizens are forced to flee their homes. In the most extreme circumstances, natural habitats are ruined completely, even to the point of species extirpation.聽</p> Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:33:28 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 183175 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/why-are-leaves-montreals-trees-so-green-october-271847 <p>Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, 黑料不打烊 professor says. According to <strong>Jim Fyles</strong>, a forest ecology professor and director of the Morgan Arboretum, our city's trees have remained green a bit longer due to higher-than-average temperatures.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/green-leaves-changing-colour-fall-autumn-1.4316186" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> <p>聽</p> Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:25:44 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52950 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/what-training-needed-next-generation-water-operators-264702 <p>In generations past, most water operators gained employment straight out of high school; however, these days, operators are required to have a strong foundation in science, engineering, and technology.</p> Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:13:04 +0000 katherine.maclean@mcgill.ca 52583 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-nonlinear-physics-professor-and-climatologist-shaun-lovejoy-global-warming-not-natural-occurr-237045 <h3>Opinion: Research Shows the Global Warming isn't natural</h3> <blockquote> <p>Published on June 9, 2014 | <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/" target="_blank">The Gazette</a></p> <p>by: Shaun Lovejoy</p> </blockquote> <p>Last year, the Quebec Skeptics Society laid down a challenge: 鈥淚f anthropogenic global warming is as strong as scientists claim, then why do they need supercomputers to demonstrate it?鈥�</p> <p>My immediate response was: 鈥淭hey don鈥檛.鈥�</p> Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:09:20 +0000 admin 51641 at /macdonald