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    mini-enviro

    Explore " mini-enviro" with insightful episodes like "A Billion Vehicles and Counting: The Transport Energy Challenge", "Emerging Infectious Diseases: What Can We Learn from Primates?", "The Future Balance of Nature", "Global Warming: Caused by Humans? What Can We Do About It?" and "Feeding the World: Ecosystem Services, Food Production and Sustainability" from podcasts like ""McGill Podcasts » Environment", "McGill Podcasts » Environment", "McGill Podcasts » Environment", "McGill Podcasts » Environment" and "McGill Podcasts » Environment"" and more!

    Episodes (6)

    A Billion Vehicles and Counting: The Transport Energy Challenge

    A Billion Vehicles and Counting: The Transport Energy Challenge
    Motor vehicle numbers have been increasing more rapidly than the human population globally, with profound resource use, environmental, and health and welfare impacts at the local, regional and global scales. The global motor vehicle fleet now stands at nearly one billion, with growth occurring most rapidly in the low-income countries. This talk by Prof. Madhav [...]

    Emerging Infectious Diseases: What Can We Learn from Primates?

    Emerging Infectious Diseases: What Can We Learn from Primates?
    The sudden appearance and devastating human and environmental effects of diseases like SARS, Ebola, and AIDS underscore our need to understand the ecology of infectious diseases. Given that monkeys and apes often share parasites with humans, understanding the ecology of infectious diseases in non-human primates is of paramount importance. In this mini-Enviro lecture, Prof. Chapman [...]

    Feeding the World: Ecosystem Services, Food Production and Sustainability

    Feeding the World: Ecosystem Services, Food Production and Sustainability
    People depend on the services provided by ecosystems, including food, freshwater, biodiversity, places for recreation and climate regulation. Dr. Elena Bennett’s talk focuses on how we can sustainably feed the growing global population without undermining ecosystems’ ability to provide other ecosystem services that we also want.
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