A Parks Canada scientist is conducting research at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) on bovine tuberculosis in bison to improve diagnosis of the disease and to develop better vaccines.
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High Levels of Ddt Found in Remote Canadian Lakes, 50 Years After Being Banned
More than 6,280 tons of DDT were sprayed on the forests of New Brunswick, Canada to fight insect outbreaks in the 1950s and 1960s.
Climate Change Had Significant Impact on Amazon Communities Before Arrival of Europeans, Study Shows
Climate change had a significant impact on people living in the Amazon rainforest before the arrival of Europeans and the loss of many indigenous groups, a new study shows.
Columbia Researcher Studies How Climate Change Affects Crops in India
Kyle Davis is an environmental data scientist whose research seeks to increase food supplies in developing countries.
Study: Farm-Like Indoor Microbiota May Protect Children from Asthma Also in Urban Homes
A child’s risk of developing asthma is the smaller the more the microbiota of the child’s home resembles that of a farm house.
Past Climate Change: A Warning for the Future?
A new study of climate changes and their effects on past societies offers a sobering glimpse of social upheavals that might happen in the future.