Call for more relevant, solutions-focused research to address the social-ecological crisis
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Surprisingly, in any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics, according to a new study in Science. Global climate change could lead to significant shifts in earthworm communities worldwide, threatening the many vital functions they provide. Joann Whalen (NRS) is one of the co-authors on the study. 9I制作厂免费 Reporter.
Congratulations to Mac Farm Staffer Martin Chaumont recipient of the Principal鈥檚 Award for Administrative and Support Staff (Technical Assistants, Library Assistants and Nurses Category)!
The new 9I制作厂免费 Research Centre for Cannabis held its inaugural Science and Research Day on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the 9I制作厂免费 Hospital Centre (MUHC), Glen site.
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Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world鈥檚 poorest people are at risk.
The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, raise troubling questions about who will be able to adapt in a shifting, less dependable world.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a great potential for the problems to occur where people have the least ability to cope with it,鈥 said Elena Bennett [NRS], who studies ecological systems at 9I制作厂免费 and is one of the paper鈥檚 21 co-authors.
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Dr. Boatin [an Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Parasitology who teaches in the Parasitology graduate program] has played a transformative, frontline role in the field of disease.
鈥淲e applaud his tireless efforts in accelerating the pace towards Onchocerciasis disease elimination, and the elimination and control of other infectious diseases in Developing Countries. He has been for many years a frontline health worker driving global health and has been recognized by the Reach Awards program Reaching the Last Mile鈥, Dr. Roger Prichard.
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On the second day of the 8th Asian-Australasian conference on precision agriculture at PAU, the keynote speaker of the day, Prof Viacheslav Adamchuk, [BRE] shared his views on sensor systems in precision agriculture with special emphasis on development of proximal soil and plant sensing systems, geospatial data processing and management and practical implementation of precision agriculture.
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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.
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芦聽Je suis un gars de l鈥橝bitibi, donc je suis habitu茅 au froid!聽禄 s鈥檈xclame Jean-Benoit Charron, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费. En raison des changements climatiques, le froid n鈥檈st toutefois plus ce qu鈥檌l 茅tait. Les plantes cultiv茅es dans les champs doivent s鈥檃dapter 脿 ces nouvelles conditions.
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Lorsqu鈥檜ne contamination bact茅rienne se d茅clare 脿 proximit茅 d鈥檜ne ferme, il faut cibler le plus rapidement possible les 茅levages probl茅matiques puisque certaines souches peuvent parfois infecter l鈥檋omme. L鈥檕bjectif est de mettre en place des barri猫res naturelles qui emp锚cheront les ruissellements provenant de ces fermes de se retrouver dans l鈥檈au potable environnante.
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Autonomous Controlled-Environment Chamber is "a growth system with minimal input and maximum crop yield"
When the聽Sustainability Projects Fund聽(SPF) was established in 2009, it was an experiment.
Approximately a year after the legalization of marijuana in Canada last fall, the new 9I制作厂免费 Research Centre for Cannabis is poised to examine the role that legal cannabis will be playing in our society on many fronts. The trans-disciplinary centre, a partnership between six 9I制作厂免费 faculties (Medicine, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Law, Science, Education, and Management) and the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre Research Institute (RI-MUHC), has already initiated a number of research projects in fundamental and applied science.
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OpEd by Dr Alice Cherestes, Director, Freshman Program
Students talk about the course as OChem or Orgo, otherwise known as Organic Chemistry, one of the most dreaded courses for any student doing a university science degree. The course, taken mostly in the early stage of a student鈥檚 undergraduate degree, requires that material taught during the first week of class be understood and applied many weeks later when students do the final exam.聽聽