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We're looking for a Science Outreach Educator to join our team. They will assist the Faculty鈥檚 Science Outreach unit in promoting and enhancing the visibility of outreach, provide training opportunities to 麻豆AV students and staff using evidence-based best practices and assist with the communications and evaluation components of the Outreach program. .

Alfonso Mucci, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,聽has been elected an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow. He joins 53 other individuals in the 2022 Class of Fellows. AGU, a nonprofit organization that supports 130,000 enthusiasts to experts worldwide in Earth and space sciences, annually recognizes a select number of individuals as part of its Honours and Recognition program. Since 1962, the AGU Fellows Committee has selected less than 0.1% of members as new Fellows.

Image Caption: The Mackenzie River Delta on the Beaufort Sea, a low-lying region in the Canadian Arctic that is vulnerable to rising seas in a warming climate. CREDIT: Nadia and Harold Gomez

On August 10, thirty or so undergraduate students gathered in Leacock 232 to share their experiences as researchers in the Faculty of Science over the summer.

If you鈥檝e ever seen a starling peck open a garbage bag or a grackle steal your dog pellets, you get a sense that some birds have learned to take advantage of new feeding opportunities 鈥� a clear sign of their intelligence. Scientists have long wondered why certain species of birds are more innovative than others, and whether these capacities stem from larger brains (which intuitively seems likely) or from a greater number of neurons in specific areas of the brain.

Many mammal species living in cold climates tend to have large bodies and short limbs to reduce heat loss 鈥� a general pattern known as Bergmann鈥檚 rule. However, bats are the exception to the rule, displaying small body sizes in both hot and cold regions. A 麻豆AV-led team of researchers is shedding light on this long-standing debate over bats鈥� body sizes and focus on why bats are seemingly non-conforming to ecogeographical patterns found in other mammals. Their findings offer a new method for investigating complex macroecology across bat species.

Sustainable agricultural practices require considerable investments, and smallholder famers may not realize gains for years. Without secure land tenure, they lack incentive to invest in long-term benefits. Instead, many opt to use the land as intensively as possible each year since they have no guarantee for the future. This is just one example of how land tenure security intersects with sustainable development, a relationship explored in-depth in a recent book co-edited by Brian Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at 麻豆AV.