/newsroom/taxonomy/term/15261/all en /newsroom/channels/news/environmental-risks-and-opportunities-orphaned-oil-and-gas-wells-348742 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers are leading an international team whose goal is to create a framework to help governments in the U.S. and around the world assess and prioritize remediation strategies for orphaned oil and gas wells.</p> Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:43:22 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 303581 at /newsroom /newsroom/mary-kang Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:48:56 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 255966 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/big-data-offers-promise-better-groundwater-management-california-326809 <p>To ensure that California’s groundwater is sustainably managed in the future and over the long-term, current state definitions of what constitutes groundwater may need to be revised, according to research published this week in <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/12/09/2015784117"><em>PNAS</em></a>. A Æ»¹ûÒùÔº-led research team has analyzed big data of more than 200,000 groundwater samples taken from across the state and found that there are problems with the guidelines used for groundwater management.</p> Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:22:42 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 252518 at /newsroom