An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the Earth’s climate, according to a new study by McGill University physics professor, Shaun Lovejoy. The study, published online April 6 in the journal Climate Dynamics, represents a new
Odds slim to none that global warming natural
It doesn’t matter how you cut the numbers, human activity is behind it
Dietary shifts driving up phosphorus use
Rising meat consumption, and calorie intakes are complicating efforts to conserve essential resource
Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fuelled a sharp increase in the amount of mined phosphorus used to produce the food consumed by the average person over the course of a year, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. Between 1961 and 2007, rising meat consumption and total calorie intakeNewly discovered effects of vitamin D on cancer
A team of researchers at McGill University has discovered a molecular basis for the potential cancer preventive effects of vitamin D. The team, led by McGill professors John White and David Goltzman, of the faculty of medicine’s department of physiology, discovered that the active form of vitamin D acts by several mechanisms to inhibit both
Joint study sheds light on debate over organic versus conventional agriculture
Researchers at McGill and the University of Minnesota are calling for combining best of both approaches
Can organic agriculture feed the world? Although organic techniques may not be able to do the job alone, they do have an important role to play in feeding a growing global population while minimizing environmental damage, according to researchers at McGill University and the University of Minnesota. A new study published in Nature concludes thatAvoid Purchasing Lottery Tickets For Minors
This holiday season, some well-meaning family members may consider buying lottery tickets and scratch cards as affordable, colourful and potentially promising gift options for the children and teens on their list. McGill University researchers, the National Council on Problem Gambling and some Canadian and U.S. lotteries are working together to ask families to reconsider purchasing
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