Ď㽶ĘÓƵ News - Environment /channels/news_feeds/all/term/mcgill_sch_env/rss en Tracking puffins at dawn in Alaska /channels/channels/news/tracking-puffins-dawn-alaska-361814 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><big>Collecting data on tufted puffins thanks to the Vivian Lewin and BELF Awards</big></p> <p>In the eerie stillness of a misty Alaskan dawn, Cassandra Ciafro was already on the move by 3 a.m. Clad in camouflage, she melded seamlessly with the rugged cliffs, joining the seabirds in their lofty perches. Her mission? To deploy trackers and observe deitary patterns of the tufted puffin, a key indicator of the region’s fish stocks.</p> <p>“I’ve always wanted to work with something related to marine science,” said Ciafro. “This experience has helped me grow so much as a person.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cassandra1_2.jpg?itok=pldaGp3_" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:29:50 +0000 webfull 205087 at /channels Small berries, big achievements /channels/channels/news/small-berries-big-achievements-361558 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>He’s known as the king of cranberries. More than anyone else, <strong>Marc Bieler</strong> (DipAgr’58, BA’64) has contributed to Quebec’s thriving industry centred on a small red fruit with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Today, at the age of 86, this McGill alumnus continues to be involved in the day-to-day operation of the family business and to give back to the community.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="/channels/article/small-berries-big-achievements">Read the full article</a></div> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/marc-bieler-with-cranberries.jpg?itok=Zke_g1mo" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:19:27 +0000 webfull 204808 at /channels The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon /channels/channels/news/jean-martin-fortier-phenomenon-358254 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In a recent article, <a href="https://lactualite.com/societe/le-phenomene-jean-martin-fortier/">L'actualitĂ© does a deep dive</a> into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series <i>Les </i><em>fermiers </em>Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:24:40 +0000 webfull 201120 at /channels McGill establishes research chair to address climate change in the North /channels/channels/news/mcgill-establishes-research-chair-address-climate-change-north-352101 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As Canadians experience a year of record-breaking wildfires, floods, and extreme heat, experts are warning that these conditions will persist and likely intensify over the coming decades as we experience the escalating effects of climate change and global warming. These impacts are being felt even more acutely in northern regions of the planet, where temperatures are rising at four times the global rate.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:25:13 +0000 webfull 194067 at /channels Montreal 2140: Hopeful Futures in Science and Storytelling /channels/channels/news/montreal-2140-hopeful-futures-science-and-storytelling-350399 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/fullwidth_breakpoints_theme_moriarty_small_1x/public/channels/image/screen_shot_2023-06-20_at_11.50.12_am.png?itok=RB35MwkV&amp;timestamp=1687276264" title="" /></p> <p> </p> <p><b>A Solvathon at the Bieler School of Environment, Ď㽶ĘÓƵ</b></p> <p><b>Keynote speakers: Kim Stanley Robinson and Annalee Newitz</b></p> <p><b>October 12-13, 2023</b></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:32:11 +0000 webfull 191730 at /channels 2023 Environment Public Lecture: Gernot Wagner /channels/channels/news/2023-environment-public-lecture-gernot-wagner-349944 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="note" style="text-align:center"><a href="/environment/news/video-archives"><strong>Here is the video recording of the 2023 Public Lecture.</strong></a></p> <br /> <br /> <p align="center"><strong>The Bieler School of Environment presents:</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>Professor Gernot Wagner</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>2023 Environment Public Lecture</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><i>“Climate Risks, Uncertainties, and Opportunities"</i></strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:55:57 +0000 webfull 191319 at /channels Les bouches d’égout, puissants Ă©metteurs de GES (Manholes, a major source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions) /channels/channels/news/les-bouches-degout-puissants-emetteurs-de-ges-manholes-major-source-greenhouse-gas-ghg-emissions-344294 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2022-12-14/etude-de-l-universite-mcgill/les-bouches-d-egout-puissants-emetteurs-de-ges.php">https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2022-12-14/etude-de-l-u...</a></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:35:06 +0000 webfull 185337 at /channels McGill receives $4.8 million to advance climate change science and technology /channels/channels/news/mcgill-receives-48-million-advance-climate-change-science-and-technology-343905 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three McGill-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF).The projects will fill knowledge gaps about the environmental and economic impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen Canada's capacity to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:41:22 +0000 webfull 184917 at /channels UBC names Buszard Interim Vice-President and Chancellor /channels/channels/news/ubc-names-buszard-interim-vice-president-and-chancellor-342672 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Former Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Associate Vice-Principal of Ď㽶ĘÓƵ’s Macdonald Campus, 1996-2005, and founding Dean of the McGill School of Environment, 2008, Dr. Deborah Buszard has been appointed to Interim Vice-President and Chancellor at the University of British Columbia.</p> <p>Read more in the <i><a href="https://broadcastemail.ubc.ca/2022/10/03/ubc-appoints-dr-deborah-buszard-as-interim-president-and-vice-chancellor/">UBC Broadcast</a></i></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:40:37 +0000 webfull 183424 at /channels Filmmaker Alex Pritz focuses on human relationship with the natural world /channels/channels/news/filmmaker-alex-pritz-focuses-human-relationship-natural-world-342670 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In August, documentary filmmaker Alex Pritz, BSc(AgEnvSc)’13 – BSE has released his award-winning National Geographic documentary The Territory which “provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.”</p> <p>Learn more in <a href="https://focusmacdonald.mcgill.ca/independent-documentary-filmmaker-alex-pritz-bscagenvsc13-bse-focuses-on-humans-relationship-with-the-natural-world/"><i>Focus on Macdonald</i></a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pritz.jpg?itok=ieCW8DUT" width="160" height="221" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:32:06 +0000 webfull 183422 at /channels