How climate change is affecting where species live

Published: 2 July 2024

As the climate warms, many species are on the move, raising new challenges for policy-makers around the world. Shifts in the ranges of mosquitoes and disease-bearing ticks and bats are introducing...

Expert: Concerns over Canada’s hydro capacity

Published: 5 June 2024

Lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change. In March, U.S. electricity exports to Canada...

Government of Canada invests $6M in climate change adaptation and interdisciplinary research at McGill

Published: 5 June 2024

 Two McGill-led climate change mitigation projects receive funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s (NFRF) International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and...

Expert: Satellite mission to decode clouds’ role in climate change

Published: 24 May 2024

The EarthCARE satellite, a groundbreaking mission set to enhance our understanding of clouds and aerosols in the climate system, is ready for launch. Scheduled to lift off from California's...

Climate Change threatens crops, water for billions around the globe

Published: 17 October 2019

Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world’s poorest people are at risk....

La mémoire des plantes

Published: 9 October 2019

« Je suis un gars de l’Abitibi, donc je suis habitué au froid! » s’exclame Jean-Benoit Charron, chercheur à l’Université McGill. En raison des changements climatiques, le froid n’est toutefois plus...

Four Burning Questions for Professor Emerita Harriet V.Kuhnlein, Commissioner, Lancet Report on Obesity

Published: 11 February 2019

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...

De retour de l’Arctique

Published: 12 October 2018

Que nous dit le Grand Nord sur notre climat, présent et passé? Isabelle Burgun s’entretient avec deux chercheurs : Marianne Falardeau-Côté, candidate au doctorat au département des sciences des...

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