On March 10th, 2023, the PEI Section of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) has been officially launched by its inaugural executive committee in the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) at UPEI in St. Peter’s Bay. The CSCE PEI Section’s executive committee meeting in the CCCCA, Read more…
Climate Smart Lab research team (Toyin Adekanmbi, Xiuquan Wang, Sana Basheer, Rana Ali Nawaz, Tianze Pang, Yulin Hu, and Suqi Liu) recently published a study on the assessment of future climate change impacts on potato yields in Prince Edward Island, Canada in the Foods journal. Abstract: Crop yields are adversely Read more…
New research on sustainable tourism in the face of climate change for PEI conducted by the CCCCA undergraduate students and climate-smart members has been published in the Sustainability journal. Abstract Tourism is being impacted by climate change all around the world. Tourism is now seen as one of the economic Read more…
-By Xander Wang, Pelin Kinay, Aminur Shah, and Quan Dau- Many people believe that, due to global warming, a longstanding myth about Greenland might be the reality – a ‘green’ land, resembling its name – ‘Green’, instead of the snowwhite ice-covered land that exists now. Recent scientific evidence suggests the ice sheets Read more…
Despite the extreme cold warning in effect for all of Prince Edward Island, it has been a relatively mild winter, and that’s why Islanders may have noticed less sea ice along the province’s shorelines. P.E.I.’s ice season has decreased from 10-15 weeks to an average of nine weeks in recent years, Read more…
Toyin Adekanmbi, a master’s student from Climate Smart Lab, was awarded the “UPEI Faculty Association Master’s Medal” on 12th December 2022. The award is based on academic scholarly achievements and exemplary accomplishments for graduate students that make a significant impact within the UPEI or PEI communities. The award reception will Read more…
Ryan Guild, Dr. Xander Wang and other co-author have recently published a study on tracking deforestation, drought, and fire occurrence in Kutai National Park, Indonesia in the Remote Sensing journal. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225630 Abstract The dry lowland and mangrove forests of Kutai National Park (KNP) in Indonesia provide invaluable ecosystem services Read more…
Dr. Wang has been recently inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in the 2022 Celebration of Excellence and Engagement meeting held in Calgary on November 23-26, 2022. The RSC College is Canada’s first national system of Read more…
On November 24, 2022, Bill Blair, the Minister of Emergency Preparedness held a news conference at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) in St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island, for the release of Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy, which aims to prepare the country for the impacts of Read more…
On November 22, 2022, the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) hosted guest speakers from Island Studies, UPEI. Dr. Xander Wang, director of the Climate Smart Lab, welcomed all Island Studies participants visiting the CCCCA for research exchange. This visit was intended to introduce participants to the Centre, Read more…