/sustainability/taxonomy/term/30/all en /sustainability/channels/news/microplastic-pollution-discovered-st-lawrence-river-sediments-239095 <div> <blockquote> <p>Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014</p> </blockquote> <p>A team of researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the Quebec government have discovered <a href="http://phys.org/tags/microplastics/" rel="tag">microplastics</a> (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments. </p></div> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:05:47 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2001 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/biological-invasions-ecological-and-societal-impacts-non-native-species-224599 <p>This <a href="/redpath/whatson/cuttingedge/" target="_blank" title="Visit the event page">Cutting Edge</a> lecture is presented by <b>Anthony Ricc</b><b>iardi </b>(Redpath Museum and Æ»¹ûÒùÔº School of Environment)</p> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:00:53 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1267 at /sustainability