by Melina Damian, MES, Ontario Nature's Communications Coordinator When you think of a bird’s nest, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Probably a bunch of sticks and leaves bundled together – right? Unfortunately, for birds that live in urbanized areas, they often use anthropogenic debris (otherwise known as garbage) to build their nests. […]
by Gail Fraser For the last 14 years, I’ve studied double-crested cormorants at Tommy Thompson Park on the east side of Toronto’s harbour. Every April, I put on my coveralls and venture forth to follow a sample of nests, recording when nesting began and whether birds were successful at raising young. My goal is to […]
Fifty years ago the Club of Rome called for a transition from growth to equilibrium, as they demonstrated through The Limits to Growth that humanity could not sustain another hundred years of growth in material consumption, pollution, and population. Since then, humanity’s Ecological Footprint has doubled and overshot the planet’s carrying capacity. 91ÑÇɫ’s Ecological […]
Polar bears in Ontario are at the southern limit of their species’ range. As part of the Southern Hudson Bay subpopulation, these roughly 800 bears migrate onto land when the sea ice of Hudson Bay melts completely each summer. On shore, polar bears primarily fast and rely on stored fat for energy. With increasing global […]
by Philip Lynch Stand-replacing disturbances (i.e., harvesting, forest fires) in Canadian forests and recovery cycles cause highly dynamic landscapes, demanding continuous monitoring to characterize and observe ecological modification over time. Monitoring large-scale post-disturbance recovery by satellite remote sensing is a major research area in Canada. My research seeks to answer the question: What improvement do […]
Lovers Creek is a notable subwatershed that is part of the Lake Simcoe watershed. It is one of several that pass through the City of Barrie’s residential areas in order to connect to Lake Simcoe. Sections of Lovers Creek are characterized by ravines that are regularly accompanied with recreational trails along the slopes or fields. […]
Mark Terry, a 91ÑÇÉ« graduate, a faculty member with the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, and a research Fellow with the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, is a recipient of the 2021 Order of Vaughan – the City of Vaughan’s highest civic honour. On Dec. 21, Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua honoured Terry for his […]
In the morning, the project Youth Climate Report work was presented. - an interactive documentary film project with a digital map showing over 400 videos of climate research produced by young people from all over the world. The Youth Climate Report is an interactive documentary film project that has been going on since 2011. Where young […]
In the days since nearly 200 countries signed on to a deal at COP26 in Scotland, experts in Toronto say cities and municipalities have an important role to play in addressing climate change. Nick Westoll reports. Interview with Prof Mark Winfield. By Nick Westoll Posted Nov 20, 2021, 9:06PM EST. It’s been a week since an agreement was […]
By Adjunct Prof Bruce Campbel This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and non-profit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The time has come for Canada and other rich nations to pony-up and pay for the devastation they have caused countries in the Global South. That means, for a […]