Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered.

At the end of the summer, a research expedition to the remote Ryder Glacier in northwestern Greenland will be carried out using the Swedish icebreaker Oden. 

“For every 100 beef burgers we eat, that’s around 750 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, and that’s a conservative estimate,” says Abdulrahman Hassaballah, a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.

What’s abuzz at the University of Calgary?

A stepped water feature in the centre of campus surprises with its rich aquatic life and potential as a site for demonstrating biodiversity.

Most renewable power technologies are weather dependent.

The clearing and subsequent instability of Amazonian forests are among the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity conservation today.

A new Duke University-led study finds that the death of marsh plants due to disturbances like the heavy oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill can double the rate of shoreline erosion in hard-hit marshes. 

The basking shark, the largest shark in the waters off Southern California, is also the most elusive

Common chemicals used in thousands of products to protect against harmful effects of ultraviolet light threaten corals and other marine life.