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Research Roundup
Peak Web October 18, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Climate change causes plant community to change in Arctic regions A study has found a relationship between the impact of climate change and the growth of new, taller plants in the Arctic and tundra regions. The research has also looked into how warming affects the community structures of cold weather ecosystems and plant traits. The lead authors of the study, which has been published in Nature, included SFU biology professor David Hik as well as Isla Myers-Smith, Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh, who is one of Hik’s former PhD students. The worldwide study…
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Environmental impacts — in the past and now
Peak Web July 2, 2018Written by: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate Agriculture’s impact on earth’s environment UBC researchers, in collaboration with researchers from a number of universities including SFU, have revealed the significance of agriculture's effect on Earth’s environment in a new study published in…
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