Members of Climate Smart Lab, Tianze Pang, Dr. Mohammad Aminur Rahman Shah, Dr. Quan Dau, and Dr. Xander Wang have recently published a study on assessing the social risks of flooding for coastal societies in PEI on Environmental Research Communication journal. Abstract With the worldwide growing threat of flooding, assessing Read more…
Muhammad Qasim Mahmood has been awarded the 2024 Graduate Student Research Grant from the Geological Society of America (GSA). Qasim’s project involves groundwater mapping and modeling in PEI under human and climate change impacts. The GSA graduate research grant is one of the highly competitive research grants, with a success Read more…
The members of the Climate Smart Lab, Dr. Xander Wang, Dr. Quan Dau, Farhan Aziz, Rana Ali Nawaz, Tianze Pang, and Muhammad Qasim Mahmood, attended the 77th Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) National Conference, which was held in Saskatoon from 17-19 June 2024. It is remarkable that Tianze Pang won Read more…
Congratulations to the student members of the Climate Smart Lab, Rana Ali Nawaz and Tianze Pang, who have passed their PhD candidacy exams on May 16, 2024. Tianze Pang took his exam with the topic of Dynamic Process of Shoreline Change in the Context of Climate Change. Currently Tianze is Read more…
The members of Climate Smart Lab, Tianze Pang (first author), Dr. Xander Wang (corresponding author), Sana Basheer, and Ryan Guild, have published a research paper in the well-known journal Science of the Total Environment entitled “Landcover-based detection of rapid impacts of extreme storm on coastal landscape”. Research Summary Our results Read more…
Climate Forum 2024 Canadian Centre for Climate Change and AdaptationUniversity of Prince Edward Island August 12-16, 2024St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada For more information, please visit: https://sigma.academy/climate2024 Recent Climate Forum 2023
Social-ecological vulnerability roles an important aspect in coastal sustainability. Research on assessing social-ecological vulnerability and risk to coastal flooding was conducted by research team members led by Dr. Mohamad Shad and his co-author. Abstract Traditional flood risk assessment studies mainly looked at potential exposures and damage to human settlements, without Read more…
Potato storage can help reduce food loss and waste while increasing long-term food security. Research on climate change impacts on potato storage was carried out by climate-smart lab team members, leading by Shu and his co-authors. Abstract In this study, we present a comprehensive literature review of the potential impacts Read more…
A new research on Destination Management Organizations’ Roles in Sustainable Tourism in the Face of Climate Change was recently published by Students at Climate Change Adaptation and members from Climate Smart Lab Abstract Globally, destination management organizations (DMOs) are becoming increasingly known for their sustainable practices. Despite the importance of Read more…
Congratulations Muhammad Qasim Mahmood for winning the UPEI’s prestigious scholarship, “The 2024 Dr. J Regis Duffy Graduate Scholarships in Science”. Mr. Mahmood is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Environmental Sciences program and pursuing research on water resources management in PEI. Dr. Regis Duffy Award is granted to a graduating Read more…