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Delegates return from COP 27 with lots of questions about where we are heading on climate

Delegates return from COP 27 with lots of questions about where we are heading on climate

IRES PhD student Rudri Bhatt shared her experience attending COP27.

Global map depicts mammal movement between protected areas

Global map depicts mammal movement between protected areas

Research led by IRES research associate Dr. Angela Brennan found that Canada is both a world leader in animal connectivity and home to many areas critical to animal movement.

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

IRES Professor Dr. Terre Satterfield co-wrote about why using the ocean to fight climate change has serious environmental justice and technical concerns.

ਕੀ ਬੀ ਸੀ ਵਿਚ ਸੋਕੇ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਲਈ ਇਕੱਲੇ ਮੌਸਮ ਨੂੰ ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰ ਠਹਿਰਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? | Is weather alone to be blamed for the drought conditions in BC
BC Is In A Crazy Drought And Scientists Say Climate Change Is To Blame

BC Is In A Crazy Drought And Scientists Say Climate Change Is To Blame

Dr. Kai Chan of IRES said hotter, drier summers, drought and fires are consistent with what climate scientists have been saying we should expect

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Professors call for more research into climate-change related threats to civilization

An opinion piece published today in the Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences, urgently calls for more research into the specific pathways by which civilization could potentially collapse due to climate change. “Scientists have warned that climate change threatens the habitability of large regions of […]

See Which Countries Have the Most Interconnected Wildlife Preserves

See Which Countries Have the Most Interconnected Wildlife Preserves

Dr. Angela Brennan, research associate in the UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, discussed her research which found more than 65 percent of passages between protected areas where animal movements are most concentrated remain unprotected.

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The flower industry has a thorny environmental problem — and plastic is just part of it

And while a bouquet might seem like low climate impact gift, there’s quite a bit of unspoken damage in the industrial farming of flowers.

‘It was obviously shocking in the best way possible’: Patagonia pledges profits to the Earth

‘It was obviously shocking in the best way possible’: Patagonia pledges profits to the Earth

Dr. Kai Chan, professor in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, commented on the donation of Patagonia to an environmental non-profit, including similar actions in the company’s history.

Bidets are making a splash with Canadians worried about waste

Bidets are making a splash with Canadians worried about waste

Bidets might seem like they’re a waste of water, but the amount of water they use is absolutely negligible compared to the water that goes into making toilet paper.