The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other biome on Earth, and the potential ramifications are far-reaching because of global feedback effects between vegetation…
The study published in Nature Climate Change warns that winter carbon dioxide (CO2) loss from the world’s permafrost regions could increase by 41% if human-caused greenhouse…
The Possible Learning and Teaching Benefits of Short Mind-calming Exercises in Undergraduate Courses
Meditation and its associated benefits are an ever-growing area of research. As more and more advantages are shown to be had from meditative practice, so…
My name is Paul Grogan and I am a professor of Plant and Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology in the Department of Biology at Queen’s University. I…
The people of Nunavut, the Nunavummiut, face many challenges. Among the most pressing is affordable access to nutritious, safe and culturally-relevant food. Indeed, eight times…
This much revised and expanded edition provides a valuable and detailed summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications in…
Parasites often induce life-history changes in their hosts. In many cases, these infection-induced life-history changes are driven by changes in the pattern of energy allocation…
Trichomes are specialized epidermal cells that generally play a role in reducing transpiration and act as a deterrent to herbivory. In a screen of activation-tagged…
My project seeks to find if simulating blacklegged tick populations are able to accurately predict Lyme disease cases not only in Kingston, but all across…
Sediment cores comprised of sediments deposited during the last 40-100 years were retrieved from two reservoirs in the recently populated Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.…