Environment and Sustainability Archives

September 26, 2024

Race Against Time: Protecting Ontario’s Endangered Turtles

Slow and steady wins the race, according to The Tortoise and the Hare, but time might be running out for some of Ontario's turtle populations. The province is home to eight species of turtles –... More

May 22, 2024

Crickets in Space: Investigating Insects as Food for Space Travel

A Carleton University research team is exploring the suitability of crickets as a food source in space.

May 13, 2024

Challenging the Climate Crisis: Carleton Conference Returns to Address the World’s Most Pressing Issues

“How we, as humans, reduce our undeniable contributions to climate change and how we adapt to the forces we’ve already unleashed is perhaps the greatest challenge we’ll face in our lifetimes.” These words from Carleton... More

May 3, 2024

From Polarization to Public Engagement: Improving Canada’s Climate Conversation

Carleton University researchers collaborated with civic sector leaders to launch Re.Climate – Canada’s national centre for training, research and strategy around climate change communication.

May 1, 2024

Accelerating Disaster Response: Using Social Media to Help First Responders

Carleton University researcher Marzieh Amini is pioneering an innovative solution to extract important information from the sea of social media posts to help with disaster response in Canada.

February 21, 2024

Combatting Eco-Anxiety: Interactive Video Game Helps Youth Cope with Climate Change Fear

Climate change has transformed from a distant concern to an urgent global crisis – drastically impacting ecosystems and human lives alike. Dominating conversations and news headlines, a recent study revealed that 78 per cent of... More

October 30, 2023

Canada’s First-Ever Methane Census to Help Define a Path to Meet 2030 Reduction Targets

After weathering a summer of wildfires, tornados and record-breaking rainfall and heat, many Canadians are left worrying how we can address climate change fast enough to prevent future environmental disasters. Thankfully, there is an immediate... More

October 25, 2023

Decoding Whale Communication with AI: What Whales are Saying & What They Can Teach Us

Shane Gero, a scientist-in-residence at Carleton University, is using AI to decode whale communication.

June 28, 2023

Reducing Renewable Energy Uncertainty: Working Towards Accurate Wind and Solar Power Forecasts

Two of the most important technologies for mitigating global warming, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, are wind and solar power. Both are crucial if we are to wean ourselves off fossil fuels... 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 sustainability.

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 advance eastward, breaching the Rocky... More

February 27, 2023

Net Zero Now: Researcher Helps Accelerate Decarbonization in Canada

To ward off the worst impacts of climate change, Canada has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. That means in less than three decades the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) being released into the... More