Western University experts available to comment on the expected federal cabinet shuffle, flooding in Nova Scotia, FIFA Women’s World Cup, and climate change’s influence on extreme heat
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Experts available to speak on the causes and impacts of extreme heat
A significant heat wave is expected to peak in Europe while southern states in the U.S. are also dealing with scorching temperatures. Western University has the following experts available to discuss the implications and impacts of extreme heat events. James Voogt...
Experts available to speak on the impacts of wildfires on health, climate and ecology
As Canada continues to deal with hundreds of wildfires, smoke is blanketing a large area of North America. Western University has the following experts available for comment on the health effects of wildfire smoke, climate change and wildfires, the ecological damage...
Western University experts available to comment on election interference, wildfires, Ukraine’s counteroffensive, and the potential U.S. debt default
Western University has experts available on a range of topics including election interference, wildfires, and more.
Life on Mars was possible after last great meteorite impact nearly 4.5 billion years ago
A new international study led by Western University shows that Mars’ first ‘real chance’ at developing life started very early, 4.48 billion years ago, when giant, life-inhibiting meteorites stopped striking the red planet. These findings, published online today in...
Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries
Warming forces have caused millennia of dryness in California's prehistory, and greenhouses gases could do the same. Clues from prehistoric arid periods in California show that today's increasing greenhouse gas levels could lock the state into drought for centuries,...