Microplastics are harming gut health

Published: 18 May 2023

Scientists have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for years. These small plastic particles less than 5 mm in length have been found everywhere because of plastic pollution –...

Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change

Published: 7 July 2021

The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from McGill University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are...

Mercury decline in seabirds due to diet, not emission controls

Published: 24 November 2017

For 47 years, biologists have plucked eggs from seabird nests along the British Columbia coast. Many of the eggs were collected from remote rocky islands surrounded by some of the world’s roughest...

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