by Madison Fernway | Jun 5, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
May 22nd, 2024 | National Observer via UVic News In the face of rising global temperatures, a recent article from Canada’s National Observer brings to light the pressing issue of extreme heat conditions impacting workers, particularly in the agricultural sector. The...
by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 26, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
March 25, 2024 | CTV News via UVic News While cocoa is not the only ingredient that goes into commercially available chocolate products, it is likely that its climate change induced scarcity has contributed to the increasing prices of those chocolate products. Cocoa...
by Kristen De Jager | Mar 11, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace
February 16, 2024 | Vancouver is Awesome via UVic News As the presence of floating kelp forests in marine ecosystems declines in some areas, others are remaining strong. In a recent paper, researchers at the University of Victoria investigated the conditions...
by Kristen De Jager | Mar 5, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace
March 1, 2024 | BNN Breaking via UVic News A recent University of Victoria study found that activities, such as croplands, increasing aridity, pesticide pollution, and human developments are threatening 43% of freshwater mammals. The study also found that protected...
by Kristen De Jager | Feb 28, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace
February 16, 2024 | Daily Mail via UVic News In an effort to increase the population of endangered staghorn and elkhorn corals, researchers had placed them in the Florida Keys. Recently, was discovered that the high temperature seawater had killed more than...