/eps/taxonomy/term/15/all en /eps/channels/news/ice-sheets-move-how-north-and-south-poles-connect-326389 <p>Over the past 40,000 years, ice sheets thousands of kilometres apart have influenced one another through sea level changes, according to research published today in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2916-2"><i>Nature</i></a>. New modelling of ice sheet changes during the most recent glacial cycle by a Æ»¹ûÒùÔº-led team offers a clearer idea of the mechanisms that drive change than had previously existed and explains newly available geological records.</p> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:00:52 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1335 at /eps /eps/channels/news/identifying-canadas-key-conservation-hot-spots-highlights-problem-327355 <p>To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature. Surprisingly, despite the size of the country, new mapping suggests that less than 1% of Canada’s land (0.6% of total area or approximately 56,000 km2) is a hotspot, providing all these benefits in one place.</p> Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:14:20 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1331 at /eps