Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Research Nova Scotia and CANSSI Atlantic offering up to $400,000 toward climate change research.

Research Nova Scotia and the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) Atlantic have launched the Atlantic Climate Research Collaboration (ACRC) to fund research that will tackle complex data-focused problems related to climate change and its impacts on coastal communities.

December 13, 2022
The Atlantic Climate Research Collaboration: A New Research and Training Opportunity in Atlantic Canada

On November 23, 2022, CANSSI Atlantic and Research Nova Scotia (RNS) will launch the Atlantic Climate Research Collaboration (ACRC).

November 3, 2022
Eight Genomics-Based Climate Change Projects Receive Small-Scale Climate Change Funding.

Eight climate change research projects were announced today by Genome Atlantic, in partnership with Research Nova Scotia. The projects bring genomics problem-solving capabilities to wide-ranging areas of Atlantic Canada’s economy, from the lobster fishery to soil management.

March 23, 2022
Canada-U.S. team looks to genomics to guide North Atlantic right whale conservation

The number of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales continues to be buffeted by high mortality rates from vessel strikes, fishing gear entanglements, and by a low rate of reproduction. There is now estimated to be fewer than 400 individuals left, including less than 100 breeding females.

July 22, 2021
Dalhousie’s Ocean-Going Robots “Glide” Into New Waterfront Workspace at COVE

This announcement originally appeared on the Dalhousie University’s website and has been republished with their permission. Written with contributions from staff at Dal, OTN, OFI and MEOPAR. They’ve travelled more than 82,000 kilometres on over 100 missions, but the most notable expedition in 2020 for Dalhousie’s glider group was a trip over a Halifax harbour bridge to their brand…

February 2, 2021
Ocean Tracking Network awarded Major Science Initiatives funding

This story originally appeared on Dalhousie University’s website and has been republished with their permission. The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) has been awarded a grant of $13.4 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Major Science Initiatives (MSI) Fund, bringing the total amount awarded to OTN from the Government of Canada to $27M. OTN is the only…

August 11, 2020