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Researchers Develop New Method to Improve Crops

Technique using plant's own DNA could produce crops that are more resistant to drought and disease

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Caribou population decline not caused by over-harvesting by Indigenous groups

There are several reasons barren-ground caribou populations in Canada have declined more than 70 per cent over the past two decades, but too much hunting by Indigenous people is not one of them, a new University of Alberta-led study shows.

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Twenty-year partnership helping thousands in Ethiopia

A University of Saskatchewan delegation led by researcher Carol Henry has just returned from meetings in Ethiopia that celebrated the outcomes of a 20-year partnership between U of S and Hawassa University. Mary Buhr, dean of Agriculture and Bioresources, and Maurice Moloney, executive director and CEO of the U of S Global Institute for Food Security, were part of the delegation.

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Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert Actually Shrank During the Last Ice Age

The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice sheets expanded around the planet. That may hold true for most of Europe and North America, but new research from the University of Washington tells a different story in the high-altitude, desert climates of Mongolia.

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Environmental Exposures Such as Air Pollution are More Determinant of Respiratory Health Than Inherited Genetics

Researchers have found strong evidence that environmental exposures, including air pollution, affect gene expressions associated with respiratory diseases much more than genetic ancestry.

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CO2 Sensor Network Shows Effects of Metro Growth

A team led by atmospheric scientists Logan Mitchell and John Lin report that suburban sprawl increases CO2 emissions more than similar population growth in a developed urban core.

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Sustainable Ocean Development

Researchers model tradeoffs and opportunities for aquaculture development in the Southern California Bight

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Waterfalls Offer Insights Into How Rivers Shape Their Surrounds

How much water flows through a river has little influence over long-term changes to its course and the surrounding landscape, a study of waterfalls shows.

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Research Brief: Shifting Tundra Vegetation Spells Change for Arctic Animals

For nearly two decades, scientists have noted dramatic changes in arctic tundra habitat. Ankle-high grasses and sedges have given way to a sea of woody shrubs growing to waist- or neck-deep heights. This shrubification of the tundra challenges animals like caribou that are adapted to low-stature arctic vegetation.

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University of Guelph Researchers Reveal New Way to Potentially Fight Ebola

More than 11,000 people died during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 2013-16, demonstrating both the deadly nature of the virus and the limitations of the medication used to fight it.

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