News Items tag as: UBCO research

Leave the deer alone: We aren't the only ones recovering from wildfires
September 17, 2023 - 4:30 PM

Skeetchestn First Nation is asking the public to leave the deer and their homes alone, particularly after wildfires.
Kamloops and Okanagan cities not ready to call climate change an emergency
July 19, 2019 - 9:30 AM

KELOWNA - It might be the end of the world as we know it, but most municipalities in the Okanagan and the City of Kamloops feel fine, or at least not ready to ring the alarm bells.
$43 billion could be needed for climate change fight, UBCO report shows
June 24, 2019 - 4:30 PM

OKANAGAN - A recent study spearheaded by a UBC Okanagan professor said the fight against environmental change needs to begin on the local level, but that doesn't mean victory will come cheap.
UBCO research shows low density neighbourhoods use way too much water
August 16, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - A UBC Okanagan student’s research shows that higher density communities use much less water than single family homes.
UBC Okanagan research leading to green solutions
March 03, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - A team of researchers at UBC Okanagan is working on unique ways to recycle materials that would otherwise be thrown into the landfill.
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Leave the deer alone: We aren't the only ones recovering from wildfires