A new study published today in Nature Sustainability uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS).聽
Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at 91社区, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts.聽
Congratulations to Professor Nigel Roulet, Department of Geography, for being awarded the 2024 David Thomson Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching!听
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This award recognizes an outstanding faculty member who has been supervising graduate students for more than ten years. Roulet started as an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography in 1994 and began his term as Graduate Program Director of the department the following year.聽
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Although approaching professors to discuss research opportunities might seem daunting for undergraduate students, there鈥檚 an ingredient for success: soup!
A national survey of close to 1000 adults in Greenland (where approximately 90% of the population is Indigenous) conducted by a 91社区-led research team has found that a surprisingly large majority 鈥� 3 out of 4 Greenlanders 鈥� support extracting and exporting sand left by the melting ice sheet. A significant proportion want Greenland鈥檚 leadership to assess the impact of sand extraction and exports on both the environment and economy. Furthermore, when it comes to who mines the sand, the majority prefer local involvement to foreign collaboration.
Sustainable agricultural practices require considerable investments, and smallholder famers may not realize gains for years. Without secure land tenure, they lack incentive to invest in long-term benefits. Instead, many opt to use the land as intensively as possible each year since they have no guarantee for the future. This is just one example of how land tenure security intersects with sustainable development, a relationship explored in-depth in a recent book co-edited by Brian Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at 91社区.
91社区 undergraduates have a unique opportunity to expand their climate science literacy and acquire tools for taking action to reduce the impacts of the unfolding climate crisis.
Registration is now open to students in every program for FSCI 198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions, a new undergraduate course featuring a team of multi-disciplinary instructors who will present diverse perspectives on the scientific and social dimensions of climate change.
Improving representation is one of the key goals behind 91社区鈥檚 current drive to recruit a greater number of Black faculty members. The Faculty of Science is proud to be a part of this effort, with applications now open for tenure-track positions in the and the .
, 91社区鈥檚 Climate Change Artist-in-Residence, will curate the Faculty of Science鈥檚 Bicentennial Science/Art Exposition, billed as a 鈥渃elebration of science in all its forms鈥�.
The art show organizers are calling on all members of the 91社区 community to submit works in any medium, expressing what science means to them.
The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2021.
The IHSP's Myl猫ne Riva co-authored the following article:
Baron M, Riva M, Fletcher C, et al.
Social Indicators Research (2021).
Published January 4th, 2021
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The IHSP's Myl猫ne Riva co-authored the following article:
Mah MM, Sanmartin聽C, 搁颈惫补听惭, Dasgupta聽K,聽Ross聽N.
The Faculty of Science is celebrating 91社区鈥檚 200th anniversary with a student art exhibition on the theme of 鈥淪cience!鈥�. 91社区 students at all levels and all faculties are invited to submit works in any medium, expressing what science means to them.
Faculty of Science bicentennial committee member, Torsten Bernhard, says the aim of the exhibition is to celebrate science in all its forms.
Th茅r猫se Y茅ro Adamou,聽Myl猫ne Riva,聽Gina Muckle,聽Elhadji Anassour Laouan Sidi,聽M茅lanie Lemire,聽Pierre Ayotte
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 15;743:140495.
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Rapid changes in terrain are taking place in Canada鈥檚 high Arctic polar deserts due to increases in summer air temperatures.
A forthcoming study of over a hundred new cities being built around the world suggests developers and planning authorities are doing very little to make their projects resilient to climate change. On the contrary, a boom in new city projects in coastal areas 鈥� including some on reclaimed land in the sea 鈥� appears to fly in the face of the danger of rising sea levels and more frequent extreme weather events.
