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础听, written by a team which includes Professor听Elena Bennett听in 麻豆AV鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch defined by humans' colossal impact on the environment. To counteract this widescale destruction, the researchers propose that imagination is a hopeful yet complicated tool for creating a positive environmental future.听

Across Quebec, we're already seeing leaves start to transition from bright summery greens to the burnished, coppery hues of Fall鈥攂ut the changes aren鈥檛 happening because the days are chillier. As 麻豆AV Plant Science Lecturer听David Wees told the , it's actually because the days are getting shorter.

With fall officially here, it's time for Lennoxville, Quebec's annual Giant Pumpkin Festival, where people can see pumpkins that weigh as much as 680 kilograms.

The festival 鈥� which is taking place at the Am茅d茅e Beaudoin community centre Sunday听from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 鈥� is a family event with bouncy castles, a petting zoo, a farmers'听market, music and even horse-drawn carriages.

Alexandre Lemire started growing giant pumpkins three years ago after being inspired by festival founder Mike听Macdonald's crops. Last year, his biggest pumpkin weighed 704 kilograms.

Wonder found chasing bugs: A summer in the Yukon Arctic

In a new 麻豆AV Reporter article, Renewable Resources听Master's student Will Hein writes about his journey to the heart of the remote Arctic wilderness to study wildlife interaction in the face of climate change.

With this donation from Pfizer Canada, early career scientists and researchers across the 麻豆AV and MUHC community have an opportunity to carry out research across three broad thematic areas: Pandemic Threats, Antimicrobial Resistance, Microbes that Shape Human Health.

As cases听creep upward of a rare disease that spreads to humans from wild canines and dogs, medical experts say it's important to get a听better understanding of its incidence across the country.

Alveolar echinococcosis听(AE) is听an infection caused by the parasite听Echinococcus multilocularis, which is carried by coyotes, dogs and foxes. The tapeworm common in Europe was first detected in wildlife in Western Canada in 2012; one year later, the first human case of AE was found in a woman in rural Alberta.

If you鈥檝e noticed that听certain products in the grocery store听taste different from how you remember, it鈥檚 possible some of their ingredients have been swapped for cheaper alternatives.听

Experts say food producers are increasingly changing the ingredients in products to cut costs听amid soaring food prices and labour shortages鈥攁 practice known as 鈥渟kimpflation.鈥� Could our health be at stake?