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Climate change: Evolution spurs speedy plant migration, UBC study finds
2016-07-30 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Scientists may be underestimating how quickly the Earth`s plants can change location in response to climate change, according to a study from the University of B.C. As the global average temperature rises, the comfort zones of many plants and trees are easing north or into higher elevations, but the speed with which they move is being driven by evolutionary responses. Plants cultivated to evolve were able to move 200 per cent further across difficult landscapes over six generations than plants...
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Montreal households the greenest in Canada: UBC study
2016-07-29 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Montreal homes are the most sustainable in the country, and Edmonton's the least, according to a new University of British Columbia study that compares average household greenhouse gas emissions in major cities across Canada. Using census data over a 12-year span, researchers ranked cities on how much carbon dioxide the average Canadian family (two to three people) with an annual income of $81,000 in each city produced in a year from the combined use of electricity, gasoline and natural gas. The...
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UBC study finds way to co-existence between endangered whale species and marine traffic
2016-06-17 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Researchers at Canada's University of British Columbia (UBC) have used a model system that shows that endangered whale species and marine traffic can co-exist.
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UBC study links traffic air pollution exposure during pregnancy with asthma risk
2016-02-10 12:56:07| Green Car Congress
UBC study associates exposure to diesel exhaust with changes in DNA methylation
2015-01-09 13:55:28| Green Car Congress
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