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Can’t be ‘business as usual’ at UN climate conference, say UBC experts
November 28, 2023
UBC climate experts are looking for action on fisheries, finance and renewable energy goals at the United Nations climate change conference, including the 28th Conference of Parties (COP). We spoke to four current and former COP delegates to ask what the world, and Canada, need to see come… read more
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Two Canada Excellence Research Chairs to join UBC Science
November 16, 2023
Two newly appointed, world-leading researchers with UBC Science have been named Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC). Dr. Kayla King has been appointed the CERC in Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions, while Dr. Corey Stephenson, who will join UBC in 2024, will hold the… read more
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11 UBC Science researchers featured on global highly cited list
November 15, 2023
Eleven UBC Science-affiliated researchers have been listed among the most highly cited investigators worldwide in 2023 by Clarivate Analytics on November 15. The researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers over the… read more
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Dive, forage, love? Fitter penguins dive deeper
November 9, 2023
On the remote and rugged Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, birdlife prospers. Native to the islands, hundreds of thousands of gentoo penguins live and hunt, using the islands as a breeding zone for their tiny chicks. The birth dates, and chances for survival, of chicks depend on when their… read more
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Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients like protein and omega-3 from seafood due to climate change
October 30, 2023
The nutrients available from seafood could drop by 30 per cent for low-income countries by the end of the century due to climate change, suggests new UBC research. That’s in a high carbon emissions and low mitigation scenario, according to the study published today in Nature Climate Change… read more
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Biological fingerprints in soil show where diamond-containing ore is buried
October 25, 2023
Researchers have identified buried kimberlite, the rocky home of diamonds, by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. These ‘biological fingerprints’ can reveal what minerals are buried tens of metres below the earth’s surface without having to drill. The researchers… read more
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How to forage for mushrooms – safely and legally – this fall
October 19, 2023
It’s prime sprouting time in British Columbia for many a species of fungi, so aspiring mushroom hunters may be wondering just how to go about picking a patch of porcini. Dr. Mary Berbee, professor in the UBC department of botany, discusses how to safely and legally forage for mushrooms… read more
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Event: How to view partial solar eclipse this weekend
October 12, 2023
Vancouverites will be able to view most of an annular solar eclipse this Saturday. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun at its furthest point from our planet, meaning it doesn’t blot out the sun entirely but instead is surrounded by a &lsquo… read more
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UBC researcher awarded prestigious Prince Albert medal from Oceanographic Institute of Monaco
October 3, 2023
Internationally renowned fisheries researcher Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila has been recognized by the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco with the 2023 Albert I Grand Medal in the science category. The medal is the most prestigious prize given by the institute for significant work in the physical and… read more
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Does antimatter fall up or down? Physicists observe the first gravitational free-fall of antimatter
September 27, 2023
In the world’s first observation of the effect of gravity on antimatter, a group of researchers from Canada and around the world have made an important confirmation: like matter, antimatter does indeed ‘fall downwards’. Antimatter is the obscure counterpart to the ‘normal… read more