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What’s in a water sample? Harnessing the power of eDNA analysis for species detections in freshwater ecosystems

Written on August 29, 2023.

– By Rina Guxholli – Long before the world of environmental DNA was introduced to ecologists, forensic biology was already harnessing the power of DNA as a tracer for who, or what, may...

Uncertainty in Canada’s Marine Carbon Sink

Written on August 19, 2023.

– By Patrick Duke – Improving our understanding of how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide is critical to climate change mitigation efforts. Canada’s surrounding waters act as a net sink...

Does anthropogenic noise impact Arctic whales’ acoustics?

Written on July 6, 2023.

– By Kimberly Franklin – Figure 1. Main research vessel, M/V Kiviuq I, in Baffin Bay. More opportunities for human activities such as shipping, fishing, and military exercises are...

Satellite SSS : A Monitoring Tool for the Gulf of St. Lawrence?

Written on April 2, 2023.

– By Jacqueline Dumas, Julien Laliberté, and Denis Gilbert – The use of satellite remote sensing technology to monitor the Gulf of St. Lawrence was first demonstrated in 1961 when...

Too far from shore—the fate of the Franklin expedition

Written on March 27, 2023.

– By Robert W. Park and Douglas R. Stenton – Background The basic details are well-known: in May of 1845 two Royal Navy ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed Great Britain under...

Keeping Watch Over Prince Edward Island’s Coastline

Written on February 21, 2023.

– UPEI Climate Lab team led by Dr. Adam Fenech, and including Dr. Xander Wang, Don Jardine, Ross Dwyer, Andy MacDonald, Luke Meloche, and Catherine Kennedy – Coastal erosion is the...

Collaborating to Support Canadian Resiliency at CatIQ Connect

Written on January 9, 2023.

-By Caroline Floyd- Hurricane Fiona, flooding in British Columbia, massive hailstorms in Calgary – catastrophic events have increasingly captured Canadian headlines in recent years. Insured losses...

The importance of coastal foredunes as a nature-based solution for shoreline protection: What Hurricane Fiona tells us

Written on December 16, 2022.

-By Jeff Ollerhead, Robin Davidson-Arnott, and Bernard O. Bauer- Figure 1: A) Foredune erosion at the Greenwich Dunes eastern beach access post-Fiona (photo taken west to east). The inset shows the...

Retrospective: Robie W. Macdonald, OC, FRSC (1947-2022)

Written on October 24, 2022.

-By Sophia C. Johannessen and Jules M. Blais- This retrospective was first published on FACETS on 22 September 2022. Robie (Rob) Macdonald studied large-scale ocean systems, including the global...