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Characteristics of Metamorphic Textures of the Loch Eil Group of the Moine Highlands
(2022-04)
Recent studies on the Moine supergroup suggests that ages over a large extent have been poorly constrained, and lack of research conducted is a result of structural complexity and mineralogical monotony. The purpose of ...
Parental Factors That Affect the Connectedness to Nature of Pre-School Aged Children in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2022-04)
Time spent in nature has been found to promote a connectedness to nature (CTN) in both
children and adults (Gifford & Nilsson, 2014; Deville, 2021). However, it has been found that
people in North America are spending ...
Evaluating the Historic Change in Per Capita Nominal Consumption of Animal Products in Canada Over the Past 60 to 100 years
(2022-03)
Since the early 1960s, the global anthropogenic food systems have become incredibly resource intensive and have caused a global increase in greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater scarcity, land cover conversion, and biodiversity ...
Impacts of Forest Loss on the Global Water Cycle of the Permian-Triassic Extinction
(2022-04)
Recent studies have shown profound effects of deforestation on decreased
precipitation and evapotranspiration. This can be attributed to the concept of green
water, which is the volume of water stored in soils and ...
TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF BIOTITE FROM THE SCRAG LAKE AND NEW ROSS PLUTONS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN BATHOLITH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MAGMA DIFFERENTIATION
(2022-04)
The South Mountain Batholith (SMB) is a 7300 km2, peraluminous, felsic intrusion occurring in SW Nova Scotia. The batholith consists of 13 plutons emplaced in two different phases between ~385 (Phase 1) and ~368 Ma (Phase ...
Dissolution features on diamonds from hypabyssal kimberlite facies and the effect of melt composition on diamond resorption
(2022-04)
Diamonds can preserve features from their time deep in earth’s mantle and their ascent
from the mantle to the Earth’s surface in hot kimberlite magma due to their high stability. The
record of dissolution textures on ...
PETROGRAPHY AND TRACE ELEMENT CHEMISTRY OF CALCITE VEINS IN THE DEEP DRILL 1972 DRILL CORE, BERMUDA ISLANDS
(2022-04)
The Deep Drill 1972 drill core of the Bermuda Islands provides a representative sampling of Bermuda’s volcanic basement lithologies. Although there have been studies of the two primary lithologies over the past 50 years, ...
EVALUATING PRESCHOOL CHIDLREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTION TO NATURE USING A GAMES TESTING TOOL
(2022-04)
Establishing a connection to nature as a child is a necessity as it is crucial to enhancing
children’s cognitive, attitudinal, emotional, and physical development (Driessnack 2009; Giusti
et al. 2014; Bratman et al. 2015; ...
When clean energy is dirty: A geospatial analysis of Canadian hydroelectric dams constructed between 1981 and 2011 and demographic indicators of environmental marginalization
(2022-08)
The increasing urgency for climate action has pushed several governments towards
investments in long-term, renewable energy sources. With its abundant supply of freshwater
rivers, Canada’s shift away from oil and ...
The equity of Toronto’s urban forest: Examining the relationship between urban forest change between 2008 and 2018, resulting tree frequency, and marginalization
(2022-08)
Urban forests provide a myriad of social, environmental, and economic benefits that help make cities desirable and safe places to live. However, despite the widely acknowledged importance of urban forests, they are often ...