/research/taxonomy/term/201/all en /research/channels/news/using-sunlight-turn-two-greenhouse-gases-valuable-chemicals-359632 <p>Ď㽶ĘÓƵ researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. The discovery could help combat climate change and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.</p> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:08:31 +0000 admin 9676 at /research /research/channels/news/mcgill-project-awarded-17-million-mitigate-housing-crisis-and-climate-change-357483 <p>As Canada faces the dual challenges of contending with a housing crisis at the same time as facing the impacts of severe climate change, the need to find innovative and practical solutions remains one of the nation’s highest priorities. McGill’s Professor Daniele Malomo was recently awarded $1.7 million by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for a proposed solution that addresses both problems.</p> Wed, 29 May 2024 18:29:09 +0000 admin 5406 at /research /research/channels/news/battery-breakthrough-could-usher-greener-cheaper-electric-vehicles-357463 <p>The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs.</p> <p>Now, two groundbreaking studies led by Ď㽶ĘÓƵ researchers offer hope in the search to manufacture cheaper and greener lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).</p> <p>Their findings unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly metals, known as disordered rock-salt-type (DRX) cathode materials.</p> Tue, 28 May 2024 18:52:54 +0000 admin 5402 at /research /research/channels/news/eating-way-we-do-hurts-us-and-planet-study-finds-357234 <p>In an age of abundance and variety in food options, are Canadians eating better than they were half a century ago? According to <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912423000664">a recent paper</a> by researchers at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ and the International Food Policy Research Institute, those relying on Canada’s food supply for their dietary needs not only face deficiencies in healthier alternatives, but they also contribute to the disproportionate levels of environmental degradation caused by Canadian agricultural and food distribution policies.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 14:48:42 +0000 admin 5352 at /research /research/channels/news/clearing-air-wind-farms-more-land-efficient-previously-thought-356777 <p>Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable.</p> <p>However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land compared to electric power plants driven by fossil fuels. Research led by Ď㽶ĘÓƵ and based on the assessment of the land-use of close to 320 wind farms in the U.S. (the largest study of its kind) paints a very different picture.</p> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:16:02 +0000 admin 5284 at /research /research/channels/event/science-sustainable-society-mcgill-symposium-257410 <p> </p> <p>View the <a href="/research/sustainabilitysymposium">website</a> for updates about the Symposium. </p> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:45:58 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1945 at /research /research/channels/news/major-announcement-funding-sustainable-agriculture-268572 <p>with Jean-Claude Poissant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament, Lac-Saint-Louis</p> <p><strong>Monday, June 12, 2017</strong></p> <p><strong>9:30 a.m.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Macdonald Campus – Ď㽶ĘÓƵ</p> <p>Macdonald Stewart Building, Room MS2-022</p> <p>21111 Lakeshore Road</p> <p> Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QuĂ©bec H9X 3V9</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/research/announcementjune12">RSVP</a> by June 9</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:15:22 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1137 at /research /research/article/future-ready-advocate-better-anthropocene <p>When you think of the Earth 50 years from now, what do you see? Do you imagine desolate cities, scorched forests, dead oceans, lost biodiversity? Elena Bennett wants you to know the future doesn’t have to be bleak.</p> <p>“We can achieve a good Anthropocene — a future that is more just, prosperous, and sustainable than our current world,” says Bennett, an ecosystem ecologist jointly appointed to the McGill School of Environment and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences in McGill’s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:16:27 +0000 Allyson Rowley 737 at /research /research/article/sustainable-labs-working-group-resources-researchers <p>The Sustainable Labs Working Group brings together students, staff and faculty working to embed sustainability considerations into lab processes. </p> <p><strong>For Researchers</strong></p> Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:02:09 +0000 Meaghan Thurston 704 at /research