A new Western-led project, developing new tools and technologies to improve accuracy of building energy and climate models, was awarded $4 million by the Canadian government to advance science and technology to fight climate change. [caption id=”attachm …
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Western recognized as one of world’s top 20 universities in new global sustainability rankings
First-ever QS World University Rankings: Sustainability places Western 3rd in Canada, 17th in the world out of 700 universities
Expert insight: Snow can spread and worsen the effects of pollutants
Snow’s physical properties mean it can accumulate chemicals from the environment
PhD candidate turns to soil to better understand how boreal forests store carbon
Holly Deighton is digging deep to determine the impact on climate change
Western expert says flooding in Pakistan is ‘a disaster not seen before’
Professor emeritus Slobodan Simonovic answers questions on the flooding in Pakistan and the impact of climate change
New Western research demonstrates effects of hotter fall temperatures on insects
Work led by two master’s students shows climate change is impacting monarch butterflies and armyworms
Hibernating insects regrow muscles on demand: study
Western researchers find unique trait in Colorado potato beetles
Expert Insight: How early childhood education is responding to climate change
Generating responses to climate change by creating and experimenting alongside young children.
Western researchers first to map effects of England’s ‘little ice age’
Interactive GIS database chronicles 500-year-old extreme climate events
Western-led research team tracks 100 tornadoes in 2021
Northern Tornadoes Project investigates extreme weather in Canada for better detection, protection
Flood-impact map a Canadian first
Western researcher Slobodan P. Simonovic shows how – and where – flooding will put humans and property at risk under changing climate
Students to swim with basking sharks
Augmented reality brings deep-dive immersive learning to ocean ecosystems
Teaching innovation tackles climate change
Blending science with Indigenous knowledge key to meaningful change, says prof
Western recognized as one of world’s top 20 universities in new global sustainability rankings
First-ever QS World University Rankings: Sustainability places Western 3rd in Canada, 17th in the world out of 700 universities
Expert insight: Snow can spread and worsen the effects of pollutants
Snow’s physical properties mean it can accumulate chemicals from the environment
PhD candidate turns to soil to better understand how boreal forests store carbon
Holly Deighton is digging deep to determine the impact on climate change
Western expert says flooding in Pakistan is ‘a disaster not seen before’
Professor emeritus Slobodan Simonovic answers questions on the flooding in Pakistan and the impact of climate change
New Western research demonstrates effects of hotter fall temperatures on insects
Work led by two master’s students shows climate change is impacting monarch butterflies and armyworms
Hibernating insects regrow muscles on demand: study
Western researchers find unique trait in Colorado potato beetles
Expert Insight: How early childhood education is responding to climate change
Generating responses to climate change by creating and experimenting alongside young children.
Western researchers first to map effects of England’s ‘little ice age’
Interactive GIS database chronicles 500-year-old extreme climate events
Western-led research team tracks 100 tornadoes in 2021
Northern Tornadoes Project investigates extreme weather in Canada for better detection, protection
Flood-impact map a Canadian first
Western researcher Slobodan P. Simonovic shows how – and where – flooding will put humans and property at risk under changing climate
Students to swim with basking sharks
Augmented reality brings deep-dive immersive learning to ocean ecosystems
Teaching innovation tackles climate change
Blending science with Indigenous knowledge key to meaningful change, says prof