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A new study finds that even in best-case scenarios, the fishing communities most hurt by climate change are on small island nations such as Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and the Maldives.
Data suggests a smart-meter plan to shift electricity use to off-peak hours has had almost no impact.
Suburban areas feel infrastructure stress most acutely. Having to deal with severe inadequacies, suburbs offer fertile ground for infrastructure experimentation and innovation.
Depression may lead pregnant women to engage in suicidal behaviour. But the socioeconomic contexts pregnant women are in may also contribute to their suicide risk.
Negotiations regarding a legal framework for the oceans – an area covering roughly half the Earth’s surface – are being dominated by OECD members.
Buried beneath kilometres-thick slabs of ice are rivers and huge lakes - some of which are teeming with microbes that thrive in a world without light or oxygen.
Government intervention in the crisis facing Australian dairy has opened the gates for suggestions of other types of regulation.
The UN’s lofty Sustainable Development Goals will fall flat without more attention to how the many interested parties work together.
A 2011 Massachusetts law allows for the expansion of gambling, including slot machines. That law is now on the November 2014 election ballot for potential repeal. This is a real opportunity for voters…
Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…
Take a moment to think of a task you wish to accomplish in the next three months. It should be something specific like clearing out your backyard, or completing an online course, so that you could judge…
Speaking with: Chris Hadfield
Colonel Chris Hadfield is one of the most famous astronauts on Earth. Through the creative use of social media, he’s made space exciting and accessible to new generations of enthusiasts, most notably through…
It was day two of our 18 day trek to Everest’s Base Camp when in the afternoon our head guide Lhakpa Nurbu Sherpa sombrely reported to me that 16 Sherpas had been killed in an avalanche on the mountain…
Everest climbing season is underway. For a few weeks each spring, the weather improves just enough to give climbers a chance of scaling the world’s tallest mountain. As increasing numbers flock to Everest…
Despite their small size, organisms smaller than thousandth of a metre (1 mm) contribute greatly to biodiversity and ecosystem function. Unfortunately, categorising small organisms, even defining those…
Despite what many commentators on The Conversation have said, conserving biodiversity in our national parks isn’t the way to save them. Parks need visitors to get vital community and political support…
Every adult generation in history has worried about the young people following in their wake. Youth have almost always been found wanting, seemingly lacking the attributes and qualities necessary for lifelong…
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Associate professor, Culture and Language Studies, University of Waterloo
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PhD Student, Sustainabilty Management, University of Waterloo
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Associate Profesor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Scientific Co-Director and Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
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Professor in the School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo
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Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor and Schlegel-UW Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Professor, Computer Science, University of Waterloo
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Dorothy Killam Fellow, Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
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Lecturer; Biology and Health, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Professor, Departments of English Langauge and Literature & Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
