The establishment of native vegetation on green roofs may reduce maintenance requirements and increase local biodiversity and ecosystem services. In Nova Scotia, native species from coastal barrens have been selected for ...

Acidification of South West Nova Scotia’s (SWNS) watersheds from acid rain deposition has led to the depletion of base cations from catchment soils (Clair & Hindar 2005). This has led to a reduction in the acid ...

The chemical breakdown of the geologic environment is a source of both beneficial and toxic elements in biological and water systems. A saprolite is preserved when the chemical weathering rate of bedrock exceeds its ...

Due to the volume of food production, commercial-sized foodservice facilities are more energy and water-use intensive than office and classroom spaces. In addition, foodservices utilize large quantities of food and material ...

Foraminiferal assemblages foro sediment surface samples collected in Bedford Basin, ·Halifax Harbour, in August 1992, have been investigated and compared to foraminiferal data from 1970 to determine faunal changes resulting ...

This paper explores the potential for a carbon tax in Nova Scotia as a means of meeting the provincial targets for carbon dioxide equivalent reductions of 10% below 1990 levels by 2020. The study first evaluates the ...

An evaluation was made of the strategy to mitigate road mortality of the endangered Blanding’s turtle in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada. The strategies physical mitigation measures (speed ...

The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) is proposing Canada-wide municipal wastewater effluent regulations. This would put pressure on small communities to install wastewater collection systems and ...

Cold-water corals have been observed in Atlantic Canada since the 1800’s and to date, there are 31 confirmed species. Although research on cold-water corals in Atlantic Canada has increased over the last two decades, ...