Counting wildfire’s carbon
Revised modeling system now estimates effect of wildfire severity on greenhouse gas emissions.
To take the Northwest Passage
Former PICS associate director embarks on Arctic sailing adventure.
The Language of Climate Change - PICS at TEDx Bear Creek 2021
In this inspiring talk, Dr. Carly Phillips, explores our climate vocabulary, and the future of wildfires and forests in a rapidly warming world.
Living with Water: Rethinking coastal adaptation to climate change
A major research project to help communities on British Columbia’s South Coast prepare and adapt for sea level rise and flooding has been announced today by PICS.
Columbia Basin glaciers’ unexpected thickness still no match for climate change
First-of-its-kind research in Canada’s Columbia Basin shows that the glaciers that supply the Columbia River with meltwater are 38 per cent thicker than previously thought.
Putting a lid on tomorrow’s wildfires
A Vancouver Sun Opinion article by Carly Phillips, researcher-in-residence with the PICS Wildfire and Carbon Project.
SFU researchers work with Indigenous communities to collect data remotely during COVID-19
Summer fieldwork targeting the health of B.C. kelp forests will carry on due to citizen science, despite the global pandemic.
Wildfire and Carbon: Increasing the resilience of BC’s forests to climate change
PICS's new $1M Canada-US project aims to address extreme wildfires, reduce emissions, enhance forests' potential as a carbon sink and stimulate new forest bioeconomy opportunities.
BC public supports forest rehab to address climate change
A top climate change mitigation strategy favoured by British Columbians is the restoration of forests ravaged by wildfires and insects, according to an assessment of public attitudes toward forest carbon mitigation.
Stepping up to tackle climate change: Options for the BC forestry sector
British Columbia’s forestry sector can potentially make a major contribution to meeting the province’s climate targets through using a mix of regionally-specific harvest and stand management techniques, bioenergy investments and creating more long-lived wood products.
Scientists: Thriving BC forests outpace pine-beetle CO2 losses by 2020
In a rare bit of good climate change news, scientists have found that trees are growing faster in British Columbia due to global warming, and this is starting to counter the carbon-loss impacts of the province’s devastating mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreak.
Can biochar slash BC's GHG emissions and offer new lucrative markets?
A renewable fuel called biochar could substitute for all coal and some natural gas burned in BC resulting in as much as a 22 per cent reduction in provincial greenhouse gas emission
British Columbia should prepare for a different climate future
The findings from the IPCC AR5 report re-affirms the science behind the human-caused climate change we have already seen and what we can expect in future.
New tool to assess bioenergy potential from BC wildlife prevention work
A new online tool will help rural communities in British Columbia determine if debris left by local wildfire prevention work can provide a sustainable – and economically beneficial - source of fuel for clean energy production.
Climate change compounds problems for stressed BC agriculture sect or
Climate change will make it even harder to put locally sourced food on our tables if steps are not taken to strengthen the BC agriculture sector.
Report urges more action to prepare BC for uncertain food future
British Columbians should not assume that food supplies will continue to be easily accessible in future, and more steps should be taken to improve food security as climate change and other pressures evolve.
Shale gas development and climate targets: can they be reconciled?
The potential rise in emissions from shale gas development in B.C. will make it extremely difficult for the province to achieve its CO2 reduction targets.