Browsing NSIS Volume 47, Part 1 by Submit Date
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Editorial: Another Notable Anniversary—Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ and its Influence
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150th Anniversary AGM Attendees
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Communicating Knowledge to New Audiences: Victorian Popularizers of Science
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)In the past historians have tended to explain the existence of a cult of science from about 1850 to 1890 as the result of the work of elite scientists such as Darwin, Huxley, and Tyndall. But this explanation leaves out ... -
Bioblitz of the Lake Rossignol Wilderness Area
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)The Lake Rossignol Wilderness Area is a 4100 ha protected area in Queens County, Nova Scotia. In July, 2006, the Protected Areas Branch of Nova Scotia Environment invited 34 scientists, students and volunteers to conduct ... -
The Use of Aloe Constituents in Self-Administered Cancer Treatment
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) include many different biologic substances that may be ingested or applied topically in an effort to mitigate disease. One source of such substances is the Aloe, a plant that ... -
Beached Bird Surveys on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 1993–2009, Show a Decline in the Incidence of Oiling
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Sable Island, located about 160 km southeast of the landmass of Nova Scotia, Canada, is far offshore and provides a platform for beach surveys to monitor oil pollution in Scotian Shelf waters. Sporadic beach surveys conducted ... -
Growth and Overpopulation of Yellow Perch and the Apparent Effect of Increased Competition on Brook Trout in Long Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)A fish survey was conducted on Long Lake, Woodens River, Halifax County, Nova Scotia during May 2005. A total of 2711 yellow perch were captured over a twelve day period and were the most abundant fish. Fifty-eight yellow ... -
Student Science Writing Competitions Award-Winning Papers 2011 and 2102
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Turbidity Currents: A Unique Part of Nova Scotia's African Geological Heritage
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Four hundred million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangea was torn apart, a piece of the continental crust from material that is now part of Africa broke off on the North American side. That piece of Africa became ... -
The Use and Influence of Scientific Information in Environmental Policy Making: Lessons Learned from Nova Scotia
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Governmental organisations produce vast quantities of scientific information on the state of the marine and coastal environment which is often intended to guide policy-making to mitigate or reverse the declining trends in ... -
Reports from the Nova Scotian Institute of Science Council
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Inductees into the NSIS Hall of Fame: William S. Boyle and Kenneth Henry Mann
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Voyage of Discovery: Fifty Years of Marine Research at Canada’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography
(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2012)Announcement of a forthcoming survey of BIO research results on the oceanography of Arctic and Eastern Canada. It will be the most extensive survey of the history and scientific accomplishments of the Bedford Institute of ...