Professor Tanhum Yoreh was the recipient of the 2020 Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the category of Jewish Thought and Literature for his book Waste Not: A Jewish Environmental Ethic. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards is honoured nine outstanding books for 2020. Now in its sixth year, the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards recognizes and rewards […]
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Professor Steve Easterbrook published “Application of Deep Learning to Estimate Atmospheric Gravity Wave Parameters in Reanalysis Data Sets”
Professor Steve Easterbrook published Application of Deep Learning to Estimate Atmospheric Gravity Wave Parameters in Reanalysis Data Sets in Geophysical Research Letters. In this study, deep learning was used to obtain the physical parameters of fine‐scale orographic gravity waves in the lower stratosphere.
Professor Hui Peng recently published “Proteome-wide effects of naphthalene-derived secondary organic aerosol in BEAS-2B cells are caused by short-lived unsaturated carbonyls”
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) causes various adverse health outcomes, but identification of the toxic components remains infeasible for current methodology due to the existence of hundreds of unknown chemical components. In this study, we established a platform to tackle this challenge by combining atmospheric flow reactor, proteomics, reporter bioassays, and nontarget analysis. Short-lived unsaturated carbonyls […]
Can Gen Z save the planet? Professor Jessica Green has some thoughts
In the Refinery 29 article Can Gen Z Save The Planet? 5 Young Activists Open Up About What Drives Them, Professor Jessica speaks the eco-anxiety facing young activists. “Younger people see the total mess that Boomers and, to a lesser extent, millennials have left, and they have to figure out how to fix it,” says Jessica Green, […]
Professor Jessica Green is featured in the article “The Real Deal About Corporations’ Climate Plans”
The first step to understanding corporate climate plans is that all your reasons to be skeptical are almost certainly valid. Large corporations are driven by one goal: trying to separate you from your money. And they have traditionally done that in one way. “Corporations make money from exploiting the environment and other things,” Jessica Green, […]
Professor Beth Savan in the New York Times on whether Canada’s cycling boom will last
Dr. Savan has also noticed in recent months that the lines between recreational and transportation uses of bikes are blurring, another sign that the national interest in cycling might persist. “People will now take a nice route to go on their errands to get some exercise or some pleasure along the way,” she said. “It’s […]
