environment

Brazil elects Lula to stay green

Brazilian left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — popularly known as “Lula” — defeated right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s national elections on…


Welcome to the future?

Imagine you wake up in the heat of summer. Beyond the city walls it is over 40 degrees, with sandstorms raging. But you get out…



Living in the North

Over the past six weeks — and for the next six and a half months — I have embarked on a co-op work term placement…


Tomato soup and spilled milk

It has been a busy two weeks for liquid foods, which unexpectedly shot up in popularity as the weapon of choice for climate and animal…






Global study finds species can adapt to cities

As cities expand and are home to more people, scientists are exploring how these landscapes can influence the wildlife that coexist among us. University of Manitoba researchers Colin Garroway and Aleeza Gerstein have contributed to the largest ever field study of parallel evolution. The expansive new study, recently published in the journal Science, looked at whether cities can shape species evolution.