Scientists from the University of Notre Dame, The Nature Conservancy, and Central Michigan University presented their findings of Asian carp DNA throughout the Great Lakes in a study published in the Canadian Journal of Fi ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 04, 2013 not rated yet 1

Recent efforts by the Canadian government to curb the time allowed for environmental reviews over fears of adverse impact on economic development are misguided and unnecessary, according to research by scientists at the University ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Cities are major players in the climate change game. More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas and over 70% of global GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions can be attributed to cities. A case study of Toronto ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists have named a new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) from Alberta, Canada. Xenoceratops foremostensis (Zee-NO-Sare-ah-tops) was identified from fossils originally collected in 1958. Approximately 20 feet l ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 08, 2012 3.3 / 5 (3) 1

Nutrient pollution, one of the greatest threats to our freshwater resources, is responsible for the algal blooms that blanket our lakes and waterways in summer months. Large blooms of cyanobacteria ('blue green algae') can ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 14, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

A special issue of the journal Botany is set to showcase to the world the multipronged-approach that Canadian researchers are bringing to the study of pollination biology. The journal's July issue features seven articles from N ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

The number of adult sockeye salmon produced per spawner has been decreasing over the last decade or more along the western coast of North America, from Washington state up through British Columbia and southeast Alaska. A ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

In a rapid communication just published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, biologist Douglas Swain of the Gulf Fisheries Centre and Robert Mohn, emeritus scientist, at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 30, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0