/macdonald/taxonomy/term/831/all en /macdonald/channels/news/seabirds-their-vulnerability-warming-climate-qa-researcher-emily-choy-332221 <p><strong>A study released this month found that as the climate changes in the North, some cold-adapted arctic birds are especially susceptible to heat stress.</strong></p> Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:21:21 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 516942 at /macdonald /macdonald/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 14:38:51 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 448130 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/arctic-researcher-wins-prestigious-2020-loreal-canada-women-science-research-excellence-fellowship-326444 <p><strong>Emily Choy</strong> [Post Doctoral Fellow, NRS. Advisor :<strong> Kyle Elliott</strong>] became hooked on the Arctic when, as a Master’s student, she jumped on a research opportunity to study the effects of manmade contaminants on High Arctic food webs on Devon Island, Nunavut. “When I experienced how out of the world it was and observed the wildlife that are so highly adapted to the Arctic environment, I just fell in love,” says Choy.</p> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:10:08 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 294025 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/ecological-insights-three-decades-animal-movement-tracking-across-changing-arctic-325977 <p>[Natural Resource Sciences professor <strong>Kyle Elliott</strong>, Canada Research Chair in Arctic Ecology, and grad students <strong>Allison Patterson</strong> and <strong>Don-Jean Leandri-Breton</strong> are co-authors on this study]</p> Sun, 08 Nov 2020 16:08:22 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 287265 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/government-canada-funds-collaborative-research-clean-arctic-oil-spills-300167 <p>Two ���ϲ����� researchers developing solutions to clean marine oil spills in the Northwest Passage and in oceans surrounding Canada to receive $3.7 million in funding from the Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI).</p> Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:56:31 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 54462 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/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/antarctic-permafrost-may-not-be-habitable-microbes-so-mars-258090 <p> </p> <p>"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the ���ϲ����� University researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:48:23 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52045 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/nearing-limits-life-earth-257977 <h3>Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars</h3> <p>Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:32:42 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52037 at /macdonald