Canada’s ecological footprint declined during COVID-19, but is it back to pre-pandemic levels?

What is the size of Canada’s ecological footprint, and that of the rest of the world, and how did that change during the global pandemic? Researchers at York University will release the Ecological Footprint of Canada, and 200 other countries, from 1961 to 2022, at an online launch on Thursday, April 20, from 1 to 2 p.m.

York U drives positive change, empowers individuals to act

The new free microlecture series aims for a more sustainable future.

Current laws don't bar directors from holding roles at pension funds and companies in the oil and gas sector, says corporate governance expert and Osgoode law Prof Barnali Choudhury

A powerful new educational series on the climate crisis and sustainability

York U launches powerful resource to inspire action towards a greener future

New microlecture series features world-renowned academic experts

Why farmers in northern Ghana go to bed hungry. Climate change is affecting the availability of food to the families of farmers

That sinking feeling: Are ice roads holding up under January’s unseasonable warmth?

Vital winter ice road infrastructure may be cracking and sinking under the load of an unseasonably warm start to the new year across Europe and North America, a trend York University Associate Professor Sapna Sharma and team has detailed in a recent study.

York U advances contributions to UN SDGs with $4.05 million toward interdisciplinary research

Research projects to advance knowledge in areas ranging from water remediation, management of infectious disease through technological innovation, the effects of climate change on ecosystems and human populations, visual neuroscience, and understanding the pathway from colonial genocide to building just relationships York University is funding groundbreaking research through the Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters (CIRC) program, […]

Digital technologies for biodiversity protection and climate action: Solution or COP out?

New, portable device detects glow emitted by plants to measure their health

When plants are healthy, they emit red light that is nearly impossible to see with the naked eye, but with a new instrument developed at York University, it's now possible to measure that light whether in a lab or out in the field.