/macdonald/taxonomy/term/124/all en /macdonald/channels/news/expert-heat-waves-linked-climate-change-canadas-new-tool-357951 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->The Greater Montreal area is under a heat warning Monday as a warm and humid air mass could lead to a humidex value of 40. Environment and Climate Change Canada recently released the first results from its rapid extreme weather event attribution system, showing that human-caused climate change significantly increased the likelihood of recent heat waves in Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and Atlantic Canada​.</p> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:10:11 +0000 admin 1636238 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/government-canada-invests-6m-climate-change-adaptation-and-interdisciplinary-research-mcgill-357527 <p> <i>Two ���ϲ�����-led climate change mitigation projects receive funding from the New Frontiers in Research</i><i> </i><i>Fund’s (NFRF) International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition.</i> <i>Thirteen researchers receive grants through the NFRF Exploration Competition.</i></p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:55:03 +0000 admin 1632948 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/climate-change-challenges-nunavuts-thick-billed-murres-researcher-322746 <p>There’s less ice, more capelin and lots of hungry polar bears</p> <p>Climate change in the eastern Arctic has already altered the travel, diet and safety of some of the most numerous birds in the circumpolar world: thick-billed murres, known as akpait in Inuktitut.</p> <p>These and other changes are likely to continue, says <strong>Allison Patterson</strong>, a ���ϲ����� University graduate student [with <strong>Professor Kyle Elliott</strong>] who has tracked the habits of these black-and-white birds on Hudson Bay’s Coats Island, known as Akpatordjuark in Inuktitut.</p> Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:16:19 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224247 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/climate-change-threatens-crops-water-billions-around-globe-301808 <p>Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world’s poorest people are at risk.</p> <p>The results, published Thursday in the journal <em><strong>Science</strong></em>, raise troubling questions about who will be able to adapt in a shifting, less dependable world.</p> <p>“There’s a great potential for the problems to occur where people have the least ability to cope with it,” said <strong>Elena Bennett</strong> [NRS], who studies ecological systems at ���ϲ����� University and is one of the paper’s 21 co-authors.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:50:53 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 124017 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/la-memoire-des-plantes-301460 <p>« Je suis un gars de l’Abitibi, donc je suis habitué au froid! » s’exclame<strong> Jean-Benoit Charron</strong>, chercheur à l’Université ���ϲ�����. En raison des changements climatiques, le froid n’est toutefois plus ce qu’il était. Les plantes cultivées dans les champs doivent s’adapter à ces nouvelles conditions.</p> <p>« Certains épisodes de froid arrivent très tôt, et d’autres beaucoup plus tard qu’avant », explique le scientifique. De plus, les redoux en plein hiver réduisent la couverture de neige, privant ainsi la plante d’une couche isolante.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:41:24 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 118725 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/four-burning-questions-professor-emerita-harriet-vkuhnlein-commissioner-lancet-report-obesity-294540 <p>The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition and obesity, is by far the biggest cause of ill-health and premature death globally. Excess body weight affects 2 billion people worldwide, 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiency, and both are expected to be made significantly worse by climate change.</p> Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:10:01 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 54106 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/de-retour-de-larctique-290562 <p>Que nous dit le Grand Nord sur notre climat, présent et passé? Isabelle Burgun s’entretient avec deux chercheurs :<strong> Marianne Falardeau-Côté</strong>, candidate au doctorat au département des sciences des ressources naturelles à l'Université ���ϲ�����. Elle avait précédemment voyagé sur l’Amundsen dans le cadre de sa maîtrise.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/baladodiffusion/2018/10/04/retour-arctique" target="_blank">Agence Science-Presse</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:40:00 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53573 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/symposium-climate-change-agriculture-water-and-livelihoods-286267 <p>The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in conjunction with The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), is hosting a Symposium on Climate Change, Agriculture, Water and Livelihoods.</p> Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:47:35 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53291 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/scaling-small-millet-post-harvest-and-nutritious-food-products-project-india-285767 <p>The Department of Bioresource Engineering invites you to attend a special presentation by team members from ���ϲ����� and DHAN Foundation</p> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:42:04 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53243 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/holistic-policy-needed-promote-small-millets-285170 <p><strong>Vijaya Raghavan</strong>, Professor, ���ϲ����� University, which is one of the collaborators of the project, said that promoting the consumption of small millets was not only key for addressing malnutrition related issues, but also to address climate change.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/holistic-policy-needed-to-promote-small-millets/article22767871.ece" target="_blank">The Hindu</a></strong></p> <p> </p> Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:07:20 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53205 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/plant-trees-control-climate-change-283173 <p>Scientists at an international conference said on [November 30] that climate change was a global phenomenon that could only be controlled by planting more and more trees. This was stated in the concluding session of the first international conference on Conventional and Modern Approaches in Plant Sciences (CMAPS 17), organised by the Punjab University Department of Botany at Faisal Auditorium. [...] <strong>Dr Danielle Donnelly</strong> from ���ϲ����� University Canada, [...] <strong>Dr Jaswinder Singh</strong> from ���ϲ����� University Canada, [...] attended the event.</p> Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:35:22 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53053 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/student-captures-2nd-place-nserc-science-action-competition-267529 <p>Congratulations to M.Sc. candidate <strong>Émile Brisson-Curadeau</strong> (Supervisor: Prof. Kyle Elliott, NRS) for capturing second place in "<a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ScienceAction/index_eng.asp" target="_blank">NSERC -" Science, action!</a>" competition contest for "<a href="https://youtu.be/TGbS1p9vgNg" target="_blank">La sentinelle des mers</a>". </p> <hr /> <p><strong>ABOUT ÉMILE</strong></p> Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:41:34 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52711 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: “If anthropogenic global warming is as strong as scientists claim, then why do they need supercomputers to demonstrate it?”</p> <p>My immediate response was: “They don’t.”</p> Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:09:20 +0000 admin 51641 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/climate-change-extinction-ice-free-antarctic-polynyas-due-trapped-ocean-heat-eric-galbraith-234182 <h3>Researchers from the ���ϲ����� University and University of Pennsylvania have found evidence to show climate change is the main reason for the disappearance of ice-free regions, known as polynyas.</h3> <blockquote> <p>Find story links below</p></blockquote> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 05:21:26 +0000 admin 49162 at /macdonald