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April 20, 2023

Carleton Experts Available – Earth Day

Earth Day is April 22 and Carleton experts are available to discuss a number of related topics. If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free... More

April 18, 2023

NSERC Invests $1.65M in Climate Change Research at Carleton

Carleton University researchers have received $1.65 million from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to support research and training in the area of permafrost, climate change and... More

March 27, 2023

Fighting An Invasion

In the early 1990s the mountain pine beetle outbreak began in British Columbia, wiping out more than half of the province’s commercial pine trees. The insect has continued its destructive... More

April 20, 2022

Carleton Experts Available – Earth Day

Earth Day is April 22, 2022 and Carleton experts are available to discuss a number of related topics. Feel free to contact any of the experts below directly to arrange... More

April 22, 2021

Talking to Plants: Carleton Smart Fertilizer Project Could Be Game Changer for Farmers

What if fertilizer was able to listen to a plant at the moment the plant needed nitrogen and then release its nutrients at the exact critical growing time? Carleton Chemistry... More

April 21, 2021

Carleton Research Finds Nature Sounds Can Alleviate Stress, Improve Mood and Enhance Cognitive Performance

It’s in the way that waves lap at a beach and the call of a loon echoing across a lake. It’s in grasslands that rustle in a prairie breeze and... More

April 21, 2021

Carleton and Partners Developing Tools to Protect Canada’s Biodiversity

Canada’s landscapes, freshwater and wetlands are an important part of the world’s biodiversity and migratory patterns. They are considered part of planet Earth’s “natural heritage” and are protected as such.

April 21, 2021

Striving for Sustainability: Carleton Researchers Tackle Pressing Problems

Researchers at Carleton University are part of the global effort to ensure our future is more sustainable – whether that’s devising ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or preserving wildlife... More

April 21, 2021

Carleton University’s Lenore Fahrig Receives Prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship for Conservation Research

Carleton University’s Lenore Fahrig, professor in the Department of Biology, has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to study the importance of small... More

April 21, 2021

Carleton Researchers Working with City of Ottawa to Provide Early Warnings of COVID-19 Community Spread

COVID-19 is a medical chameleon—and the delayed onset of its symptoms has been one of the most challenging aspects of managing this pandemic. Often, the first outward signs of the... More