This article was originally published on Cari-Bois News. An edited version is republished here with permission. The FSO Nabarima, a huge oil tanker containing approximately 1.3 million barrels of ...

1. Current efforts to restore and create ecosystems require greater understanding of ecosystems' responses to commonly used physical and biological intervention approaches to overcome ecological and ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of the Earth's seasons. Plant growth cycles, the migration of billions of ...

Background and aims Human activities have significantly increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) inputs to terrestrial ecosystems. However, the impact of N and P enrichment on soil microbial ...

A series of recent research papers from a McGill-led team has found that the herbicide glyphosate—commonly sold under the label Roundup—can alter the structure of natural freshwater bacterial and ...

The road to a controversial new era of commercial deep-sea mining is being decided this week by governments meeting in Jamaica. Advocates say tapping mineral-rich, potato-sized nodules on the ocean ...