A new study published Aug. 30 in Nature Communications shows for the first time that trees near former First Nations villages on BC鈥檚 Central Coast have grown taller, wider and healthier than those in the surrounding forest.
Combined with the impacts of climate change and deforestation, the coastal regions of southern BC are very likely to be hit by a worse drought within the coming decades than any time in the last three to four centuries, according to a new report co-authored by graduating PhD student Bethany Coulthard at the 番茄社区.
Combined with the impacts of climate change and deforestation, the coastal regions of southern BC are very likely to be hit by a worse drought within the coming decades than any time in the last three to four centuries, according to a new report co-authored by recent PhD graduate Bethany Coulthard at the 番茄社区.
Scientists have found that trees are growing faster in BC due to global warming, which counters the carbon-loss impacts of the province鈥檚 devastating mountain pine beetle outbreak.
Five issues of critical importance to British Columbia鈥攖ransportation, electrical grid integration, energy efficient buildings, forestry, and natural gas development鈥攆orm the basis for five major projects from PICS to be underway May 1.
Dr. Christoph Borchers, director of the UVic-Genome BC Proteomics Centre, has been jointly appointed as the Proteomics Chair for the Jewish General Hospital at McGill University in Montreal. Borchers is an expert in the use of mass spectrometry to study the structure and function of proteins. At the UVic centre, Borchers directs a research program that applies proteomics technologies to areas such as medical diagnostics, drug development, forestry and alternative fuels.
A major new study announced today will help ensure one of British Columbia鈥檚 (BC鈥檚) most important sectors鈥揻orestry鈥揷an endure under a changing climate, and even help slow down the rate of global warming.
A renewable fuel called biochar could substitute for all coal and some natural gas burned in BC resulting in as much as a 22 per cent reduction in BC's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new policy paper from PICS.
