A team of researchers from around the world is urging the international community to recognize the full environmental and health threat of plastics and categorize them as persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic (PBT) pollutants.
Environment
May 30, 2023
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Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to culturally meaningful recovery ...
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2023
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In a bid to control the Canada goose population in the city, the Vancouver Park Board has approved a plan for "lethal removal."
Ecology
May 17, 2023
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The work of an international team of astronomers has resulted in the announcement of 62 new moons of Saturn, catapulting it back into first place of the "moon race" around the giant planets of our solar system.
Planetary Sciences
May 16, 2023
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For decades, scientists have looked to seaweed as an indicator of the health of coral reefs lying underneath.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2023
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Fish aren't impacted by borders, and neither are the subsidized fishing fleets that follow them.
Ecology
May 1, 2023
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People leave jobs all the time, whether they're laid off, fired, or just quit. But how do their departures affect coworkers left behind? According to a new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business, those exits can lead ...
Economics & Business
Apr 28, 2023
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Contrary to what is stated in biology textbooks, the growth of fish doesn't slow down when and because they start spawning. In fact, their growth accelerates after they reproduce, according to a new article published in Science.
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2023
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A Canadian-led research team has doubled the number of repeating fast radio bursts, adding 25 new 'cosmic probes'.
Astronomy
Apr 26, 2023
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Safer and more effective blood thinners could be on the way following a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at UBC and the University of Michigan, published today in Nature Communications.
Biochemistry
Apr 26, 2023
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