Strategic Priority Areas: Planetary Health

Will you be in the carbon capture ‘kill zone’?

National Observer | | Media coverage

MECH Assistant Professor Dr. Alex Tavasoli discussed the safety of carbon dioxide pipeline infrastructure.

UBC engineers may have the solution to 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

National Observer | | Media coverage

CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Johan Foster and his research team have created a method that both catches and destroys PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals."

After wildfires, mudslides come: Fighting the impact of climate change on rural communities

Phys.org | | Media coverage

SOE Professor Dr. Dwayne Tannant's industry-leading expertise on managing debris flows was outlined in detail.

Our tires shed toxins that kill fish. Here's a partial fix

National Observer | | Media coverage

CIVL researchers Drs. Rachel Scholes and Timothy Rodgers are studying how rain gardens can help prevent a toxic tire chemical from entering our waterways. 

Politicians don’t get how popular climate action is. That’s a problem

Grist | | Media coverage

SCARP Assistant Professor Dr. Holly Caggiano's research suggests officials tend to underestimate support for renewable energy projects.

Carbon capture: Where is it working?

Yahoo Finance | | Media coverage

CHBE Professor Dr. Naoko Ellis commented on carbon capture, use and storage.  

We're in debt to the Earth. How can we repay it?

Grist | | Media coverage

SCARP researchers Drs. Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees created a metric called the ecological footprint in the early 1990s. 

Five Applied Science members receive Sustainability Education Fellows Grants

UBC Sustainability | | Media coverage

Drs. Sara Jacobs, Tamara Etmannski, Paul Lusina, Christoph Sielmann and James Connolly received the grant for incorporating sustainability content in their teaching.

UBC researchers run bad smell test on Metro Vancouverites

Vancouver Is Awesome | | Media coverage

Engineering researchers have released the first results of their Smell Vancouver app, which highlighted how collecting odour data can inform air quality management policies. 

The carbon costs of the construction industry

UBC Okanagan News | | Media coverage

School of Engineering's Dr. Shahria Alam hopes to tackle the building industry’s climate challenge through more sustainable materials.

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