McGill research flags Montreal snow dump, inactive landfills as major methane polluters

Published: 16 October 2025

Montreal’s methane emissions are unevenly distributed across the island, with the highest concentrations in the city’s east end, McGill researchers have found. The worst polluters include the city...

COP 30: Quebec universities more united than ever for the climate

Published: 18 November 2025

As the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) is currently being held in Belém, Brazil, eighteen Quebec universities are reaffirming the climate emergency and the need to combine...

Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, McGill-led study finds

Published: 3 October 2025

Sea level rise could put more than 100 million buildings across the Global South at risk of regular flooding if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed quickly, according to a new McGill-led study...

Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, McGill study finds

Published: 6 November 2025

Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated...

Availability of respite care almost triples a palliative care patient’s chance of dying at home

Published: 22 September 2025

Access to respite services for family caregivers increases a palliative care patient’s probability of dying at home almost threefold, according to a McGill University-led study....

McGill researchers identify bacteria that could provide an early warning of blue-green algae toxicity

Published: 3 November 2025

Researchers at McGill University have identified bacteria that can indicate whether a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom is likely to be toxic, offering a potential water-safety early warning...

Students with overprotective parents are more vulnerable to anxiety during their transition to university, researchers find

Published: 4 September 2025

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university,...

Smoking both cannabis and tobacco may alter brain’s ‘bliss molecule,’ study finds

Published: 21 October 2025

People who use both cannabis and tobacco show distinct brain changes compared to those who use cannabis alone, according to a new study led by McGill University researchers at the Douglas Research...

What the history of the printing press can teach us about AI regulation

Published: 19 November 2025

A study on the legal history of printing press regulation in early modern England yields insights relevant to contemporary debates on the regulation of emerging technologies like AI and virtual...

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