News Archive

July

Sounds phishy
Friday, July 30, 2010
Phishing emails will almost always tell you to click a link that takes you to a site where your personal information is requested. Legitimate organizations would never request this information of you via email.
Phytoplankton in retreat
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dalhousie researchers show phytoplankton have been in decline globally over the past century.
Finding the hot spots of marine diversity
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A team of scientists analyzed global biodiversity patterns for over 11,000 marine species ranging from tiny zooplankton to sharks and whales, discovering that there are striking similarities among distribution patterns, with temperature strongly linked to biodiversity.
Deep sea explorer
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Scientific expedition explores never-seen-before areas of the Atlantic, deep below the ocean's surface.
Top floor of LSC open for business
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
While the eighth floor of the LSC is open, the basement of the Chase remains closed.
Dumbo's ballet
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The ROPOS on the scientific mission to the North Atlantic captures the octopus dubbed "Dumbo" as it swims over the sandy ocean bottom.
Assessing the damage
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
An eighth floor corridor in the LSC sustained damage due to the fire on Saturday night. Books and journals in the math library in the Chase Building were soaked after the subsequent water line break.
Noon re-opening for Chemistry
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Chemistry Building and Chemical Storage Facility re-open and return to normal operations today at noon.
Building updates
Monday, July 26, 2010
The Chemistry Building remains closed until mid-Tuesday, at the earliest, as work continues to restore full functioning of all systems in buildings affected by Saturday night’s fire at the LSC.
LSC closure until further notice
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Please be advised that the Life Sciences Centre (LSC) is closed until further notice due to a fire in the upper level of the Biology Tower.