Tag: climate change
Not Really Radio: Our Relationship with Water
On an episode of TED Radio Hour, host Manoush Zomorodi explores our relationship with water in an age where climate change affects every part of our lives....
Vital multiyear Arctic ice area melting
In a study published in the scientific journal Geophysical
Research Letters, Dr. Kent Moore, professor of
physics and Vice Principal of Research at the University of...
Global protests and democratic backsliding
They keep popping
up on our feeds: images of protesters from countries around the world holding
mass protests in response to a host of issues in...
Air pollution impacts child mental illness
It only takes short-term exposure to
certain particles in the air, which cause air pollution, to significantly
increase the frequency of visits to the emergency department...
Marine ecosystems and climate change
Oceans cover about 70 per cent of the
Earth’s surface and marine organisms play an important role in combatting
climate change as they absorb greenhouse gases...
UTM talks climate action at STTPA summit
The UTM campus
presented an academic approach to climate change last week with the
Sustainability: Transdisciplinary Theory, Practice, and Action (STTPA)
conference.
From October 16 to 18,...
U of T to act on climate crisis with five year...
The University of
Toronto released its new Low-Carbon Action Plan last month.
Unveiled September 2019, the ambitious
plan outlines a framework to diminish greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
The climate crisis and the federal election
Canada’s Changing Climate Report states that Canada is warming at
twice the rate of the rest of the globe. The Liberal, Green, NDP, and
Conservative parties...
Mississauga asks students for feedback on living green
The city asked
the public for feedback last week on Mississauga’s ambitious Climate Change
Action Plan.
Spanning 10 years, the $450 million
project aims to transform Mississauga into...
Mass Climate teach-ins for Global Climate Strike
The Global
Climate Strike rally and teach-in at the St. George campus on Friday 20
kicked-off the Global Climate Strike Week.
Fridays for Future, the global...
Global Climate Strike Toronto: Hope for a better future
In the August of
last year, a 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped school and decided to protest
in front of the Swedish Parliament with her now-famous sign,...
Climate crisis moves students to strike for change
Thousands of people took over the area
in and around Queen’s Park, U of T’s downtown core, last Friday to take part in
the climate strike...