News
November 13, 2013
The true potential of Peruvian anchovy lies not in fishmeal but as food for people and as part of the ocean food web, according to Canadian and Peruvian researchers.
The Peruvian anchovy is the world’s biggest fishery resource, with annual landings of five to 10-million metric tons. It generates up...
November 1, 2013
American and Canadian researchers have for the first time quantified the energy cost to aquatic animals when they carry satellite tags, video cameras and other research instruments.
Studying fibreglass casts of sea turtles in a wind tunnel, the team found that while most commercially available tags...
October 21, 2013
Time is a huge impediment when it comes to working together to halt the effects of climate change, new research suggests.
A study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change reveals that groups cooperate less for climate change mitigation when the rewards of cooperation lay in the future,...
October 18, 2013
Celebrate Learning Week is a showcase of teaching and learning opportunities available to our students, faculty, and staff at UBC Vancouver.
Join us from October 20 – 26, 2013 as we honour and promote student learning and development opportunities through open lectures, information sessions,...
October 17, 2013
The ability of invasive plants to rapidly adapt to local climates -- and potentially to climate change -- may be a key factor in how quickly they spread.
According to new research published in Science by UBC evolutionary ecologist Rob Colautti, it is rapid evolution -- as much as resistance to...
October 9, 2013
Marine conservationists from the University of British Columbia, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), and John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago today launched a smartphone app that could lead to new discoveries about some of the ocean’s most mysterious and threatened animals — seahorses — and pave the way...
September 25, 2013
Oxygen appeared in the atmosphere up to 700 million years earlier than we previously thought, according to research published today in the journal Nature, raising new questions about the evolution of early life.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of British Columbia...
September 19, 2013
A common songbird may have acquired genes from fellow migrating birds in order to travel greater distances, according to a University of British Columbia study published this week in the journal Evolution.
While most birds either migrate or remain resident in one region, the Audubon’s warbler, with...
September 12, 2013
Douglas Oldenburg, a world-renowned geophysicist, and Mark MacLachlan, a leading Canadian supramolecular materials chemist, have been recognized with honours from the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
Oldenburg, elected a fellow of the RSC, is cited by the Society as "the world’s leading developer of...
September 11, 2013
Children in remote areas are exposed to less hands-on science than their urban peers. One UBC Science program is working to change that.
It’s a typical vacation-gone-wrong story: You arrive at your destination only to to find the chemistry supplies you meticulously packed and shipped haven’t...
