/macdonald/taxonomy/term/692/all en /macdonald/channels/event/nrs-invited-seminar-series-climate-change-and-source-water-quality-334285 <p>Drinking water systems are vulnerable to events such as floods, droughts and intense storms that wash in contaminants to surface water.</p> Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:23:17 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 687866 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/food-thought-how-water-use-agriculture-has-changed-over-decades-332858 <p>Our annual Food for Thought Public Lecture Series is in its 22nd season of bringing timely science topics to the community: our neighbours, alumni, students, staff and faculty!</p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:21:06 +0000 katherine.maclean@mcgill.ca 544625 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-garner-over-7m-sshrc-funding-322679 <p>20 苹果淫院 researchers receive funding from SSHRC through Partnership Program Grants, Partnership Development Grants, and Postdoctoral Fellowships</p> <p>The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round of Partnership Grants, including two 苹果淫院-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round鈥檚 Partnership Development Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 苹果淫院 applicants received over $2 million in funding.</p> Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:13:46 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224239 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/climate-change-threatens-crops-water-billions-around-globe-301808 <p>Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world鈥檚 poorest people are at risk.</p> <p>The results, published Thursday in the journal <em><strong>Science</strong></em>, raise troubling questions about who will be able to adapt in a shifting, less dependable world.</p> <p>鈥淭here鈥檚 a great potential for the problems to occur where people have the least ability to cope with it,鈥� said <strong>Elena Bennett</strong> [NRS], who studies ecological systems at 苹果淫院 and is one of the paper鈥檚 21 co-authors.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:50:53 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 124017 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/gare-la-transmission-de-maladies-par-leau-301459 <p>Lorsqu鈥檜ne contamination bact茅rienne se d茅clare 脿 proximit茅 d鈥檜ne ferme, il faut cibler le plus rapidement possible les 茅levages probl茅matiques puisque certaines souches peuvent parfois infecter l鈥檋omme. L鈥檕bjectif est de mettre en place des barri猫res naturelles qui emp锚cheront les ruissellements provenant de ces fermes de se retrouver dans l鈥檈au potable environnante.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:38:32 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 118704 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/chandra-madramootoo-receives-2019-world-irrigation-and-drainage-prize-300620 <p>Professor <strong>Chandra Madramootoo</strong> is the recipient of the <strong>2019 World Irrigation and Drainage Prize</strong>. During the Opening Ceremony of the World Irrigation Forum on September 02 in Bali, H.E. Minister Basuki Hadimulyono, Minister for Water Resources and Public Works of Indonesia, and H.E.</p> Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:46:31 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 74698 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/un-bateau-robot-pour-scanner-la-sante-des-lacs-299781 <p>Imaginez un bateau robotis茅 茅quip茅 de capteurs qui sillonne les plans d鈥檈au pour r茅colter des donn茅es sur la temp茅rature, le pH, l鈥檕xyg猫ne dissous et les contaminants. Gr芒ce 脿 la transmission d鈥檜n signal acoustique, ces donn茅es s鈥檃ffichent en temps r茅el sur une carte qui permet de conna卯tre la distribution et la dynamique des polluants, 脿 des millions d鈥檈mplacements.</p> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:04:33 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 54454 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/symposium-climate-change-agriculture-water-and-livelihoods-286267 <p>The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in conjunction with The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), is hosting a Symposium on Climate Change, Agriculture, Water and Livelihoods.</p> Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:47:35 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53291 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/il-faut-boire-huit-verres-deau-par-jour-vraiment-268469 <p>Les besoins quotidiens en eau varient en fonction de la masse corporelle (30 ml d'eau par kilogramme), explique la nutritionniste <strong>Louise Thibault</strong>, professeure 脿 l'脡cole de nutrition humaine de l'Universit茅 苹果淫院. 芦 Et par boissons, on entend l'eau, mais aussi le jus, le lait, le th茅, le caf茅鈥� 禄, 茅num猫re Louise Thibault, qui souligne qu'en g茅n茅ral, les gens obtiennent toute l'eau dont ils ont besoin en 茅coutant ce que leur corps leur dit.</p> <p>La Presse+</p> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:24:08 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52756 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/what-training-needed-next-generation-water-operators-264702 <p>In generations past, most water operators gained employment straight out of high school; however, these days, operators are required to have a strong foundation in science, engineering, and technology.</p> Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:13:04 +0000 katherine.maclean@mcgill.ca 52583 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/changing-nature-international-water-agreements-areas-conflict-israeli-palestinian-case-262920 &补尘辫;濒迟;辫&补尘辫;驳迟;听&补尘辫;濒迟;/辫&补尘辫;驳迟; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:22:26 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52493 at /macdonald /macdonald/shiv-prasher Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:22:08 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52240 at /macdonald /macdonald/sebastien-faucher Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:16:38 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52155 at /macdonald /macdonald/faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:30:33 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 6 at /macdonald