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World Water Day opens discussion about valley drought and floods

World Water Day opens discussion about valley drought and floods

UBC’s Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services, together with the Okanagan Basin Water Board and Okanagan WaterWise is marking World Water Day with a special panel presentation titled exSTREAMS: The Okanagan water story and you.

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Visiting professor speaks about the protection of amphibian populations

Visiting professor speaks about the protection of amphibian populations

The decline of amphibian populations worldwide was first widely recognized 25 years and ignited a firestorm of research into amphibian ecology.

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Studying on the shoreline

Studying on the shoreline

NOT MANY STUDENTS CAN SAY the Pacific Ocean is their […]

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Studying on the shoreline

Studying on the shoreline

NOT MANY STUDENTS CAN SAY the Pacific Ocean is their […]

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Adventures in science

Adventures in science

JENNA GALL IS A CRUSADER. From attending university far from […]

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Earth and Environmental Sciences student Jennifer Little embraces BC’s sustainable way of life
Aerial photographs depict Beautiful Destruction in North Alberta

Aerial photographs depict Beautiful Destruction in North Alberta

Artist’s photos demonstrate the disconnect of industry and the environment.

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Research spanning the globe’s grasslands supports controversial biodiversity hypothesis

A global-scale collaborative study published this week in the prestigious journal Science shows that plant biodiversity within the world’s grasslands peaks at intermediate levels of productivity, lending support to a long-standing but controversial ecological hypothesis.

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Okanagan Water and Biodiversity Forum set for September 16, 17

Okanagan Water and Biodiversity Forum set for September 16, 17

Conservation, ecology, biodiversity issues to be explored.

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Name change reflects institute’s research themes

Name change reflects institute’s research themes

BRAES a leader in eco research and environmental policy at UBC Okanagan

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