The Caribbean tourism sector is critically important to the Caribbean economy and highly sensitive to climate change and its impacts. Climate-sensitive industries are exploring how to make best use of outputs of climate models, weather forecasting tools and early warning systems as strategies to boost their viability as climate change intensifies. Tools such as these […]

The project will involve running terrestrial biosphere models on JPL’s supercomupters. Specifically, my first task will be focused on modeling the carbon cycle. This cycle describes how carbon circulates through the atmosphere, vegetation and ground. With climate change and rising temperatures, this cycle has been changing. This is why we are interested in modeling it […]

L ’objectif principal de ma recherche est de mesurer comment les mutations du système océan influent sur la structuration de la gouvernance de la sécurité à l’échelle arctique. À ce titre, j’adopte une perspective panarctique et tous les pays qui peuvent prétendre à une souveraineté territoriale sur cet océan doivent être analysés. Ce stage de […]

Population growth and economic development exert significant threats on ecological and environmental systems of rural areas in China. Integrated socio-economic and eco-environmental management is desired for addressing these threats, but is challenged by the conflict of multiple developmental objectives and the intervalness of uncertain system characteristics. Therefore, this project aims to provide scientific support for […]

Volcanic eruptions commonly involve several magma batches with distinct compositions that meet and mix during or shortly prior to eruption. In some cases, this mixing process can prime or trigger eruptions, as ascending hot and gas-rich magmas can remobilise and mix with cooler magmas stalled at shallower depths and destabilise the magmatic system. We have […]

Les drains souterrains sont des tuyaux perméables installés dans le sol afin d’extraire l’excès d’eau souterraine des terrains agricoles humides dans le but d’améliorer la production alimentaire. Lorsque l’eau souterraine s’écoule vers ces drains, le nitrate utilisé comme fertilisant est dissout dans l’eau et est rapidement déchargé aux rivières et à l’océan. Cela cause des […]

I designed my master project for performing paleo-seismological research in the eastern Bhutan, where no instrumental or historic earthquake is known and where a historic surface rupture along the Himalayan front was recently identified. Based on the ages of the known large historic earthquakes in the eastern Himalaya, the newly identified surface rupture could have […]

The Deer Cove gold mine is located approximately 4.2 km north of Ming’s Bight near Baie Verte, north-central Newfoundland. Free gold has also known to occur in the surrounding till. While preliminary studies have been done it is still unknown if the gold in the till can be economically and more importantly environmentally recovered using […]

Sustainability as one of the key elements of Smart cities, can be realized by employing Real Time Control Strategies for city’s infrastructures. Nowadays Stormwater management systems play an important role in mitigating the impacts of urbanization on natural hydrological cycle. Besides, these systems have a huge potential to be managed in such a way that […]

The ‘Mothership’ concept aims to provide a holistic alternative to urban sprawl. A ‘Mothership’ is a large (more expansive than tall) building or cluster of buildings with high residential density plus a mix of others use types. The idea is that this building will encompass all the necessities of a typical suburb into a compact […]

This is project that creates audio documentaries that are grounded in academic research. As part of this project, Mitacs interns will work for three distinct podcasts: Cited Podcast, Crackdown, and Blue and Goldcast. These podcasts are meant for a general audience, and have wide popular and critical appeal. They are developed in a unique collaborative […]

This research will (i) identify and quantify potential flexibility that is inherent in gas and heat systems (e.g. gas and thermal storage and demand response capability) across various scales (i.e. buildings, district heating system, national gas transmission systems), (ii) optimize the provision of flexibility from gas and heat systems to support the operation of a […]