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Two 91 researchers developing solutions to clean marine oil spills in the Northwest Passage and in oceans surrounding Canada to receive $3.7 million in funding from the Multi-Partner Research Initiative (MPRI).

Classified as: Arctic, food and sustainability, oil spills
Published on: 3 Sep 2019

Que nous dit le Grand Nord sur notre climat, présent et passé? Isabelle Burgun s’entretient avec deux chercheurs : Marianne Falardeau-Côté, candidate au doctorat au département des sciences des ressources naturelles à l'Université 91. Elle avait précédemment voyagé sur l’Amundsen dans le cadre de sa maîtrise.

Classified as: Arctic, climate change, ice melt
Published on: 12 Oct 2018

Shipping and mining in the Arctic. The spread of invasive microbial pathogens around the world. Changing agricultural practices. Use of genomic-modification tools. Those are among the 14 most significant issues that could affect the science and management of invasive species over the next two decades, according to an international team of ecologists, who published their findings in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Classified as: ecology, invasive species, evolution, pathogens, Arctic, genomic modification, microbial, agricultural practices, Ricciardi
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Published on: 4 May 2017

Congratulations to M.Sc. candidate Émile Brisson-Curadeau (Supervisor: Prof. Kyle Elliott, NRS) for capturing second place in "" competition contest for "".


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Classified as: Arctic, climate change, guillemots, murres, Research
Published on: 5 Apr 2017

“Both the Arctic and Antarctic experienced record lows in sea ice extent in November, with scientists astonished to see Arctic ice actually retreating at a time when the region enters the cold darkness of winter.” ()()

Classified as: Antarctic, Arctic, Bruno Tremblay, Sea ice
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Published on: 7 Dec 2016

Traveling and harvesting on the land and sea is of vital importance to Indigenous communities in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic, with links to food security, cultural identity, and wellbeing. A new study by the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group at 91 however, finds that economic transitions, social shifts, and climate change are dramatically affecting the safety of Inuit during these activities.

Classified as: Inuit, climate change, Arctic, search and rescue, Dylan Clark, socioeconomic
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Published on: 30 Sep 2016

The second, HMS Terror, of the two Franklin Expedition shipwrecks was found earlier this month, Arctic Research Foundation expedition lead Adrian Schimnowski confirmed Monday. ()

Bruno Tremblay, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 91

As an expert on ice and snow in the Arctic, he can comment about this discovery.

Classified as: Arctic, Bruno Tremblay, hms terror, ship
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Published on: 13 Sep 2016

TORONTO – September 1, 2016 – Ferring Canada, a subsidiary of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, is proud to announce a $2 million donation to 91 in Montreal, Canada that will be used to create fellowships in health and health leadership, and to finance environmental research in the Canadian Arctic.

Classified as: environment, Desautels Faculty of Management, 91, faculty of medicine, health, Arctic, Ferring, Ferring Canada, Ferring pharmaceuticals
Published on: 1 Sep 2016

By Julie Robert,

Canadian researchers describe the first outbreak of Cryptosporidium parasite in Nunavik

Classified as: RI-MUHC, Arctic, parasite, health and lifestyle, Cryptosporidium
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Published on: 28 Apr 2016

"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the 91 researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.

Classified as: Antarctic, Arctic, Jacqueline Goordial, Life on Mars, lyle whyte, Mars
Published on: 25 Jan 2016

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars

Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.

Classified as: Antarctic, Arctic, ecosystem, lyle whyte, Mars, microbial life, NASA, permafrost soil, Phoenix landing site, science and technology
Published on: 19 Jan 2016

By Katherine Gombay,91 Newsroom

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars

Classified as: NASA, Mars, Antarctic, Arctic, lyle whyte, science and technology, microbial life, permafrost soil, Phoenix landing site, ecosystem
Published on: 19 Jan 2016

Classified as: NASA, Mars, Arctic, microbes, lyle whyte
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Published on: 28 Sep 2015

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