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Event: Climate Emergency Week at UBC highlights collective action

his week through Feb. 16 is Climate Emergency Week at UBC, building on the university’s declaration of a climate emergency in 2019 and a climate action report in 2021 that focuses on climate justice.

Feb 6, 2023

Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash

Why does the date of Lunar New Year change?

This lunar new year falls on Jan. 22, making it one of the earliest in recent history. So why does the date of the lunar new year change?

Jan 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Paul H. Joseph / UBC Brand & Marketing

How students are preparing for a climate-changed future

Feeling like the world has gone to pot in the run up to COP27? Why not take a climate class?

Nov 3, 2022

Credit: Vancouver Aquarium

This scientist is taking an international jellyfish tour to explore mucus and medusae

From some of the largest jellyfish in the world in Japan to the tiny venomous Irukandji in Australia, UBC doctoral student Jessica Schaub is about to set off on an international tour of jellyfish.

Jun 27, 2022

MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 7,600 kilometers away during its flyby of the Red Planet on Nov. 26, 2018. MarCO-B was flying by Mars with its twin, MarCO-A, to attempt to serve as communications relays for NASA’s InSight spacecraft as it landed on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The lonely fate of a robot on Mars

Covered in the red dust that sealed its fate, the NASA InSight lander is slowly shutting down, more than 250 million kilometres from home.

May 17, 2022

Photo by Matthias Heyde on Unsplash

UBC researchers partner with Canadian e-commerce giant to remove CO2 from the air

UBC spin-off company Carbin Minerals is set to remove 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air in partnership with e-commerce platform Shopify.

Mar 29, 2022

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