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Collecting data on tufted puffins thanks to the Vivian Lewin and BELF Awards

In the eerie stillness of a misty Alaskan dawn, Cassandra Ciafro was already on the move by 3 a.m. Clad in camouflage, she melded seamlessly with the rugged cliffs, joining the seabirds in their lofty perches. Her mission? To deploy trackers and observe deitary patterns of the tufted puffin, a key indicator of the region鈥檚 fish stocks.

鈥淚鈥檝e always wanted to work with something related to听marine science,鈥 said Ciafro. 鈥淭his experience has helped me grow so much as a person.鈥

Classified as: Kyle Elliott
Published on: 4 Dec 2024

He鈥檚 known as the king of cranberries. More than anyone else, Marc Bieler (DipAgr鈥58, BA鈥64) has contributed to Quebec鈥檚 thriving industry centred on a small red fruit with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Today, at the age of 86, this 海外直播b站 alumnus continues to be involved in the day-to-day operation of the family business and to give back to the community.

Classified as: Marc Bieler
Published on: 28 Nov 2024

In a recent article, into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series听Les fermiers Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.

Classified as: Pascal Th茅riault
Published on: 7 Aug 2024

As Canadians experience a year of record-breaking wildfires, floods, and extreme heat, experts are warning that these conditions will persist and likely intensify over the coming decades as we experience the escalating effects of climate change and global warming. These impacts are being felt even more acutely in northern regions of the planet, where temperatures are rising at four times the global rate.

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, CINE, Lyman Entomological Museum, Marc Bieler, Bieler School of Environment, Herbarium
Published on: 18 Oct 2023

A Solvathon at the Bieler School of Environment, 海外直播b站

Keynote speakers: Kim Stanley Robinson and Annalee Newitz

October 12-13, 2023

Classified as: environment, Bieler School of Environment, culture, science and technology, climate
Published on: 31 Aug 2023

Here is the video recording of the 2023 Public Lecture.



The Bieler School of Environment presents:

Professor Gernot Wagner

2023 Environment Public Lecture

鈥淐limate Risks, Uncertainties, and Opportunities"

Classified as: environment, Bieler School of Environment, Business, economy, global
Published on: 23 Aug 2023

The Government of Canada鈥檚 Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three 海外直播b站-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF).The projects will fill knowledge gaps about the environmental and economic impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen Canada's capacity to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Classified as: climate change, Bieler School of Environment, Grant Clark
Published on: 29 Nov 2022

Former Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Associate Vice-Principal of 海外直播b站鈥檚 Macdonald Campus, 1996-2005, and founding Dean of the 海外直播b站 School of Environment, 2008, Dr. Deborah Buszard has been appointed to Interim Vice-President and Chancellor at the University of British Columbia.

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Published on: 6 Oct 2022

In August, documentary filmmaker Alex Pritz, BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥13 鈥 BSE has released his award-winning National Geographic documentary The Territory which 鈥減rovides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.鈥

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Classified as: Focus on Macdonald, Alex Pritz
Published on: 6 Oct 2022

海外直播b站 undergraduates have a unique opportunity to expand their climate science literacy and acquire tools for taking action to reduce the impacts of the unfolding climate crisis.

Registration is now open to students in every program for FSCI 198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions, a new undergraduate course featuring a team of multi-disciplinary instructors who will present diverse perspectives on the scientific and social dimensions of climate change.

Published on: 14 Jul 2022

How can we help societies achieve more resilient agriculture in the face of geopolitical disturbances and climate change? Why do we continue to propose agricultural systems based on globalized commodity markets as the only way to feed ourselves? Why continue to subsidize models that destroy soil fertility, ecosystems and put our health at risk?听

Classified as: farming
Published on: 20 Jun 2022

In a new study, our team of climate scientists, economists and engineers (including BRE鈥檚 Mohammad Reza Alizadeh and Jan F. Adamowski]) found that the poorest parts of the world are likely to be two to five times more exposed to heat waves than richer countries by the 2060s. By the end of the century, the lowest-income quarter of the global population鈥檚 heat exposure will almost match that of the entire rest of the world.

Classified as: Jan Adamowski, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh
Published on: 18 Feb 2022

In [Bieler School of Environment course] ENVR 401, advanced undergrads team up to conduct research on behalf of actual 鈥渃lients,鈥 such as not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and operating units of the University. The students scope out their projects at the start of the fall semester. By the end of the semester, they submit final reports for dissemination to the research community and to the people affected.

Published on: 18 Feb 2022

Gr芒ce au don de Marc Bieler, l鈥橴niversit茅 海外直播b站 peut offrir un meilleur soutien 脿 la recherche en environnement.

芦 La canneberge est la culture mara卯ch猫re la plus 茅cologique qui soit, d茅clare Marc Bieler. D鈥檜ne part parce qu鈥檈lle est cultiv茅e sur des terres class茅es impropres 脿 l鈥檃griculture, les sols 茅tant trop humides et acides, et d鈥檃utre part parce que la loi nous oblige 脿 conserver 脿 l鈥櫭﹖at naturel 35听% de la superficie de la ferme.听禄

Classified as: Marc Bieler, Bieler School of Environment
Published on: 16 Nov 2021

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