/science/taxonomy/term/3105/all en /science/channels/news/mark-your-calendars-family-science-day-september-28th-359770 <p><b>On September 28<sup>th</sup> between 9 am and 4 pm</b>, join 91µĪµĪā€™s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ 91µĪµĪ, the Trottier Space Institute and 91µĪµĪ Physics Outreach, for free science activities for families. Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors at the downtown campus and are intended for children ages 6 and up.</p> <p>Registration is required for some activities.</p> <p>For more details and the full schedule, <a href="/science/outreach/upcoming-events">visit this link</a>.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:46:09 +0000 megan.phillips@mcgill.ca 989332 at /science /science/channels/news/teaching-hope-during-climate-crisis-346018 <p><em>Forty-five undergraduate students at 91µĪµĪ participated in new Climate Crisis and Climate Actions course</em></p> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down almost everything. ForĀ <a href="/ose/people/diane-dechief">Diane Dechief</a>, PhD, andĀ <a href="/ose/people/diane-dechief">Marcy Slapcoff</a>Ā of the Office of Science Education (OSE), the two leads of the new Faculty of Science courseĀ <a href="/ose/courses/fsci-198">FSCI198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions</a>, there was a positive aspect to the delays.</p> Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:02:38 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 936042 at /science /science/channels/news/mcgill-scholars-respond-cop15-biodiversity-conference-344907 <p>The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) was held in Montreal on December 7-19, 2022. The conferenceā€™s outcome agreement, known as ā€œ30Ɨ30ā€ means the protection of 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030.</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:40:15 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 920739 at /science /science/channels/news/setting-targets-wetland-restoration-mitigate-climate-change-effects-watershed-hydrology-344810 <p>How much wetland we should protect or restore is not a simple question, such that conservation targets are often set according to political agendas, then standardized globally. However, given their key regulating hydrological functions, wetlands represent nature-based solutions to the anticipated, exacerbating effect of climate change on drought and flood events, which will vary at the regional scale.Ā </p> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:46:20 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 919226 at /science /science/channels/news/cities-are-becoming-fulcrum-how-we-manage-biodiversity-344087 <p>As Montreal prepares to host UN Biodiversity Conference, 91µĪµĪ professor Andrew Gonzalez discusses how cities can help protect nature and human health.</p> <p>Global urban populations are projected to increase to nearly five billion by 2030. This ever-expanding urbanization threatens our worldā€™s plant and animal biodiversity and degrades ecosystems through the loss of habitat, biomass and carbon storage. As noted during the recent COP27 climate conference, biodiversity loss is as critical to our planetā€™s health as the climate crisis.</p> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:23:12 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 903581 at /science /science/channels/news/whats-it-be-biology-student-mcgill-342816 <p>Join five current Biology students as they share their stories of finding their place and pursuing diverse paths within the discipline in this new video:Ā <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07Z5SHc2Ik">A Glimpse Into Biology at 91µĪµĪ</a>. To learn more about the inspiration for this video, readĀ <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/video-marks-launch-of-department-of-biology-outreach-campaign/">Video marks launch of Department of Biology outreach campaign</a>.</p> Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:07:44 +0000 jacqueline.farrell@mcgill.ca 891920 at /science