Origin Story: The Starchy Chronicles Picture this: a sizzling plate of golden French fries, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. They are everyone’s favourite snack, but did you know climate change could put our beloved fries at risk? The changing climate is causing shifts in weather Read more…
The International Water Association Young Water Professionals Canada (IWA-YWP Canada) and partners, including the University of the Arctic, co-hosted the sixth annual conference of the global Network on Persistent, Emerging and Organic Pollution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network), which was also co-hosted by Memorial University and the Concordia Institute of Read more…
Climate Smart Lab members have recently published a study on the limitations of current coastal erosion assessments under climate change in the journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Ambio. This review article, entitled Coastal erosion and climate change: A review on coastal-change process and modeling, is delivered by Read more…
Director of Climate Smart Lab, Dr. Xander Wang, and his two student members (Genevieve Keefe and Tianze Pang) attended the CZC2023 Conference on 11-15 June 2023 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The conference theme is “Connecting Canadians with the Coast”. As Canada’s national conference for coastal zone management professionals, CZC2023 Read more…
It’s definitely kind of given us a little bit more reason to work, to push forward.— Genevieve Keefe, coastal erosion researcher Other questions posed after Fiona are difficult to answer, but some information about what happened along the coast is starting to emerge. Masters and PhD students and post-doctorate fellows from around Read more…
Members of Climate Smart Lab presented their research at the CSCE 2023 Conference, held on 24-27 May 2023 in Moncton City, New Brunswick, Canada. The theme of this conference is changing tides and ingenuity.
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…
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…
PEOPLE 2022 – A Hybrid International Conference on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment – Challenges and Solutions under Climate Change was held on August 23–26, 2022 in Charlottetown, PEI. This is an annual conference of the PEOPLE Network, funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Read more…
The Climate Smart Lab team presented and volunteered at the Canadian Society for Bioengineering 2022 Annual General Meeting, held July 24-27, 2022 in Charlottetown, PEI. Dr. Xander Wang served as committee member and technical chair for the Water and Soil Management session Dr. Pelin Kınay served as a coordinator for Read more…