Undersea forests: Protecting kelp off BC’s coast
Kelp beds off BC’s coast face climate-related challenges, but interventions may help the kelp endure, according to a recent final report from the Undersea Forests project.
Research Highlights
Canada’s Future in a Net-Zero World: Securing Canada’s Position in the Global Green Economy
A global transition to a net-zero, low-carbon economy is underway, and Canada needs a more coordinated and strategic approach for positioning its industries in the value chains of the 21st century green economy.
Climate, Health and COVID-19 in British Columbia
What lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can help us better prepare for the health challenges related to climate change?
Visualizing BC’s wildfire threat
How can we manage our landscape to reduce wildfire threat and wildfire emissions?
Positive adaptation signs in giant kelp gardening experiment
Nurture may trump nature when it comes to kelp growth and survivability.
Climate Change Displacement: Mapping the issue in British Columbia
Pathways to minimizing displacement from climate change impacts in BC.
Publications
(2021). Accelerating offshore carbon capture and storage: Opportunities and challenges for CO2 Removal [project report] https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/site.
Tutolo, Benjamin M. and Awolayo, Adedapo and Brown, Calista. (2021). “Alkalinity generation constraints on basalt carbonation for carbon dioxide removal at the gigaton-per-year scale”. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(17), 11906--11915. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02733
F\"org, Franziska and Murphy, Rose and Jaccard, Mark. (2021). Clearing the air: Transportation, land use and carbon emissions in Metro Vancouver.