Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
May. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: climate change, Daniel Pauly, environment, fish thermometer, fisheries, Fisheries Centre, Nature, oceans, research excellence, sustainability, William Cheung
Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according to University of British Columbia scientists.
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Feb. 17, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: carbon dioxide, climate change, conservation, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, greenhouse gas emission, john richardson, nature geoscience, ponds, predators, research, streams, sustainability, trisha atwood
University of British Columbia researchers have found that when the animals at the top of the food chain are removed, freshwater ecosystems emit a lot more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Feb. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Business, Law and Society, Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: City of Vancouver, climate change, Greenest Scholars Program, Katie O’Callaghan, pollution, School of Community and Regional Planning, studentlife, sustainability, University Sustainability Initiative, Vancouver Police Dept.
Grad student helps the VPD to reduce squad car emissions
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Feb. 5, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: climate change, Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Arts, global warming, media, politics, Simon Donner, sustainability
A UBC study of American attitudes toward climate change finds that local weather – temperature, in particular – is a major influence on public and media opinions on the reality of global warming.
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Nov. 23, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: climate change, Doha Climate Conference, environment, experts list, sustainability, UN, United Nations
UBC experts are available for media analysis on issues from climate science to policy negotiations at the upcoming United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (Nov. 26-Dec. 7).
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Nov. 1, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories | Tags: Centre For Interactive Research on Sustainability, climate change, climate visualizations, community engagement, Delta, Forestry, global warming, SALA, sustainability, University Sustainability Initiative
UBC researchers have created a video game to help community members prepare for the impacts of climate change.
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: climate change, Daniel Pauly, Faculty of Science, fisheries, Fisheries Centre, research excellence, Sea Around Us, sustainability
Changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia.
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Jun. 14, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: arts, cities, climate change, environment, global issues, Rio+20, Science, social justice, sustainability, sustainable development, UN, urban development, urban planning
UBC experts are available to comment on the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil (June 20-22), including two researchers who will attend in person.
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Feb. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: AAAS, AAAS2012, British Columbia, CALP, climate change, coastal, David Flanders, Delta, sea level rise, stephen sheppard, sustainability
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have produced computer visualizations of rising sea levels in a low-lying coastal municipality, illustrating ways to adapt to climate change impacts such as flooding and storms surges.
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Feb. 18, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: AAAS, AAAS2012, Canada, climate change, forest fires, health, Michael Brauer, public health, respiratory, School of Population and Public Health, smoke, SPPH
Satellite images, air quality measurements and smoke forecasting models are useful tools to help individuals and public health professionals prepare for smoke episodes in areas at risk from forest fire smoke, according to University of British Columbia researcher Michael Brauer.
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