/newsroom/taxonomy/term/7442/all en /newsroom/channels/news/government-canada-funds-collaborative-research-clean-arctic-oil-spills-300067 <p>Today, the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada and Member of Parliament for LaSalle-脡mard-Verdun, announced on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, that 黑料不打烊 University will receive more than $3.7 million for two research projects that will help minimize the environmental impact of oil spills. Minister Lametti also announced funding for two research projects led by Concordia University. Together, this investment will top $8.2 million and support 19 scientific trainee positions.</p> Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:45:56 +0000 krysta.veneruz@mail.mcgill.ca 187704 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/interactive-map-shows-natures-contributions-people-301455 <p>Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. A wild bee buzzes through a farm, pollinating vegetables as it goes. Nearby, wetlands remove chemicals from the farm鈥檚 runoff, protecting a community drinking water source. In communities all around the world, nature鈥檚 contributions are constantly flowing to people. A team of international scientists including from 黑料不打烊 University, have mapped these contributions at local levels for years, but a new Stanford-led study closes a critical gap in how this information can be used to drive global policy and development.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:23:23 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 188054 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/globe-and-mail-loss-three-billion-birds-north-america-canary-coal-mine-301102 <p><strong>David M. Bird</strong> is an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 黑料不打烊 University who has studied birds for five decades. "When I read the recent headlines that North America has lost nearly three billion birds over just the past five decades, I was not surprised. But I must admit it did depress me to a degree. That鈥檚 a lot of birds!"</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-loss-of-three-billion-birds-in-north-america-is-the-canary-in-the/">Read more</a></p> Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:32:08 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 188038 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-study-nature-just-one-third-worlds-longest-rivers-remain-free-flowing-296950 <p> Tue, 07 May 2019 13:46:21 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 161354 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-cause-concern-over-weedkiller-glyphosate-295385 <p>New research from 黑料不打烊 University reveals an overlooked impact that the widely used herbicide glyphosate may be having on the environment.</p> <p>First commercialized by Monsanto under the name Roundup, glyphosate has come under scrutiny in the past, mostly in relation to its potential toxicity. This new research, published recently in the Ecological Society of America鈥檚 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses not on direct health risks associated with the herbicide, but on its contribution to environmental phosphorus levels, an issue that has yet to receive much attention.</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:08:50 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 151440 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/four-burning-questions-harriet-kuhnlein-professor-emerita-commissioner-lancet-report-obesity-293753 <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> Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:01:06 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 135718 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/5-million-gift-mcgills-global-food-security-institute-supports-efforts-understand-and-reverse-world-290492 <p>Every night, some 800 million people 鈥� one in nine people on earth 鈥� go to bed hungry. And projections suggest that unless creative solutions are found, the world will need to increase food production by an additional 50% in the next 30 years, when the planet鈥檚 population is expected to exceed 9 billion.</p> Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:46:10 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 87740 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-partner-xebec-develop-power-gas-process-renewable-energy-storage-289822 <p>黑料不打烊 University today announces it will co-develop with Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSXV: XBC) a prototype reactor to produce Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) using the Power-to-Gas (P2G) process which combines electricity generated by renewable sources and CO2 generated from waste. The project is being partially funded by a Collaborative Research and Development grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The value of the grant is $360,000 for a period of three years.</p> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:42:36 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 84019 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/sex-plants-requires-thrust <p>Plant sex relies on a combination of prodding and a lot of communication and guidance suggests a study published in the September 2018 issue of <a href="https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1142/S2339547818500061">Technology</a>.</p> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:59:37 +0000 By Katherine Gombay 84007 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nutritionally-speaking-soy-milk-best-plant-based-milk-284229 <p>How healthy is your almond milk really? It may taste good and may not cause you any of the unpleasant reactions caused by cow鈥檚 milk. But though plant-based milk beverages of this kind have been on the market for a couple of decades and are advertised as being healthy and wholesome for those who are lactose-intolerant, little research has been done to compare the benefits and drawbacks of the various kinds of plant-based milk.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:28:02 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 32895 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-commits-carbon-neutrality-2040-283092 <p>黑料不打烊 University is committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, under its new <a href="/sustainability/sustainability-strategy">Climate & Sustainability Action Plan (2017-2020)</a>, released today.</p> Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:21:54 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32707 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/imagining-cities-future-through-better-understanding-montreal-today-282750 <p>Montreal, with its multilingual, multiethnic population, is an ideal living laboratory for researchers and students from the city鈥檚 four universities and many specialized research centres. How can Montreal be designed to better accommodate the needs of its children? What measures need to be put in place to accommodate people of different cultures and religions living in close proximity? How is the city鈥檚 nighttime economy different from that of the daytime and what are the implications?</p> Thu, 16 Nov 2017 19:45:15 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32678 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/hydro-quebec-sponsor-teammtls-entry-solar-decathlon-china-269920 <p> Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:53:05 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32221 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/fear-fearlessness-and-animal-extinction-269034 <p>Too much fear can be dangerous for species鈥� survival. In fact, fear alone, even in the absence of a live predator, can lead to species鈥� extinction if the population size is small enough suggests a recent study from 黑料不打烊 and Guelph universities. To read:聽<a href="/newsroom/article/how-fear-alone-can-cause-animal-extinction">鈥淗ow fear alone can cause animal extinction鈥�</a></p> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:14:36 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32087 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/were-brink-mass-extinction-theres-still-time-pull-back-268427 <p> Tue, 30 May 2017 20:18:46 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 31110 at /newsroom