Alice Fleerackers
Research Roundup
News January 17, 2020Written by: Alice Fleerackers, Peak Contributor Warming waters pose problems for the future of coastal kelp From melting ice caps on our poles to forest fires in the Amazon, the impacts of climate change are everywhere. New research by SFU post-doctoral student Jordan Hollarsmith and colleagues reveals that rising temperatures may be affecting life closer to home — right here on BC’s coast. Hollarsmith’s study, published in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, investigated how increasingly warm, acidic oceans are changing life for giant kelp populations. In a lab experiment, she found that kelp were unable to reproduce in hotter…
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Research Roundup
News November 18, 2019By: Alice Fleerackers, SFU Student A deep dive into digital addiction sleeplessness, anxiety, relationship issues — these are just a few of a long list of outcomes associated with digital addiction, according to new research by SFU Beedie professor Leyland…
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