/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3867/all en /newsroom/channels/news/seawater-memory-keeper-energy-source-and-pollution-tracking-342845 <h6><img alt="Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia" src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/seawater-bottled.png" style="width:60%" /><br /> <i>Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Credit: Mike McDermid</i></h6> <h2>What can a bottle of seawater tell you about the fish living below?</h2> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:58:01 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288427 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/rural-alaskans-struggle-access-and-afford-water-329963 <p>Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse with climate change. Lasting solutions must encourage the use of alternative water supplies like rainwater catchment and grey water recycling. They must also address the affordability of water related to household income, say researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> Tue, 23 Mar 2021 19:07:31 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 257024 at /newsroom /newsroom/jeffrey-mckenzie Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 24046 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/why-do-some-fish-thrive-oil-polluted-water-258096 <p><strong><em>By Melody Enguix</em></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="/newsroom">Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Newsroom</a></strong></p> <p>When scientists from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:19:43 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25147 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cleaning-wounds-saline-water-trumps-soap-and-water-257318 <p>Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually less effective than just using saline water.</p> <p>The findings, which were published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine, </em>could lead to significant cost savings, particularly in developing countries where open fractures are particularly common.</p> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:54:23 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25035 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/%E2%80%98blue-green-algae%E2%80%99-proliferating-lakes-243105 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:39:01 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 22192 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/longueuil-water-contaminated-241115 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:27:48 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21893 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/better-dam-planning-strategies-240951 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:14:11 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 21809 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/one-four-world%E2%80%99s-big-cities-water-stressed-236912 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:59:49 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 20823 at /newsroom