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Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%

Published: 27 February 2024

The latest Canada鈥檚 Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet,...

Does Canada鈥檚 food guide provide adequate guidance for older adults?

Published: 8 January 2024

The latest Canada鈥檚 food guide recommendations are primarily aimed at reducing chronic disease risk, however how well does our national guide for healthy eating serve the nutritional needs of all...

Killer whales鈥 diet more important than location for pollutant exposure, study says

Published: 24 October 2023

Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans鈥 top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer...

Expert: Halloween candy, 'shrinkflation' and spending habits

Published: 30 October 2023

Halloween is a celebration often spent indulging in chocolate, binging scary movies, and perhaps investing time and money into creative costume designs. But for many Canadians, the preparations can...

Expert: How climate change can affect fall colours聽

Published: 24 October 2023

The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all. The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts...

Not so sweet after all: are candy-striped spiders a threat to ecosystems across North America?

Published: 19 April 2023

For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment. Even in their sleep, pollinating...

Caucasian households in U.S. emit most carbon despite greater energy efficiency

Published: 22 November 2021

Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers led by UU直播 has used data from 60 million individual...

$2.5 million for the creation of the R茅seau qu茅b茅cois de recherche en agriculture durable

Published: 8 October 2021

Today, the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT), along with its partner the minist猫re de l'Agriculture, des P锚cheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) announced the creation of...

The digestive system of cows influences human鈥檚 vitamin B12 intake

Published: 8 June 2021

Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow鈥檚 milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors...

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