/science/taxonomy/term/3589/all en /science/channels/news/what-areas-should-canada-protect-save-species-risk-extinction-347665 <p>At the recent COP 15 conference in Montreal, Canada committed to protecting 30% of its land by 2030, but which areas are most crucial to protect for at-risk species such as the spotted turtles?</p> <p>In <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2022.2307" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">a new study</a> published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University researchers overlayed maps of species at risk to find hotspots where many species live together. They found that hotspots often overlap.</p> Tue, 11 Apr 2023 18:14:40 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 945083 at /science /science/channels/news/setting-targets-wetland-restoration-mitigate-climate-change-effects-watershed-hydrology-344810 <p>How much wetland we should protect or restore is not a simple question, such that conservation targets are often set according to political agendas, then standardized globally. However, given their key regulating hydrological functions, wetlands represent nature-based solutions to the anticipated, exacerbating effect of climate change on drought and flood events, which will vary at the regional scale. </p> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:46:20 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 919226 at /science /science/channels/news/three-dimensions-flower-344271 <p>To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal , the Montréal Botanical Garden, and ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University (Daniel Schoen, Biology) have succeeded in using photogrammetry to quickly and precisely build, in three dimensions, a model of a flower from two-dimensional images.</p> <p>Photogrammetry is commonly used by geographers to reconstruct the topography of a landscape. However, this is the first time that scientists have used the technique to design 3D models of flowers in order to better study them.</p> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:08:58 +0000 jeremy.audet@mcgill.ca 905495 at /science /science/channels/event/organelles-without-borders-how-liquid-droplets-organize-cell-339950 <p>We welcome you to another IN-PERSON and online public lecture!</p> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:40:36 +0000 nicole.ford@mail.mcgill.ca 824407 at /science