Videos

Here are some recent talks given by Paul Galpern on our agriculture and biodiversity research.

The Simpson Centre (2024)
Sustainable agriculture

UAlberta Sustainability (2023)
Sustainable Agriculture

Farming Smarter Lethbridge (2022)
Sustainable agriculture

Canola Watch Webinar (2022)
Sustainable agriculture

Posters

  • Poster by Dr. Danielle Clake. Genetic data suggest limited bumble bee dispersal into Canadian Rockies. [PDF]

Media coverage

Agrivoltaics

  1. GrainsWest (Tech supplement). Shared accommodation: hot renewables trend may allow for better integration of ag and solar. (June, 2024)

  2. Western Producer. Beef-solar relationship to be studied. (March, 2024)

  3. UToday (U. Calgary). Moo-ve on over, there’s an exciting new solar project in town. (December, 2023)

Sustainable agriculture

  1. Ducks Unlimited Canada. How messy croplands help farmers and pollinators. (June, 2024)

  2. Grainews. Bless your mess: Crops may not be best for underperforming acres. (March, 2024)

  3. GrainsWest. Profit margins: research finds agronomic and economic value in uncultivated land. (November, 2023)

  4. Top Crop Manager (West). Landscape complexity can boost yields. (October, 2023)

  5. Canola Digest. Messy fields to bigger yields: what is happening in the field margins?. (February, 2022)

  6. Western Producer. Messy fields may help bottom line. (November, 2020)

  7. CTV News Regina. Professor encourages producers to leave natural wetlands when farming. (November, 2020)

  8. Conservation (Alberta Conservation Association). Be(e)autiful: Putting a Price on Pollinators. (June, 2020)

  9. The Furrow. The messy spots: native insects of wetlands can increase yields. (March, 2020)

  10. Top Crop Manager. Unfarmed spaces support agriculture production. (May, 2019)

  11. Canola Digest Podcast. Non-farmed spaces have real value. (March, 2019)

  12. Canola Digest. Non-farmed spaces have real value. (January, 2019)

  13. Ducks Unlimited Canada Podcast. Of potholes and pollinators. (August, 2018)

  14. Grainews. Increasing yields with natural landscapes. (June, 2017)

  15. The Conservator Magazine of Ducks Unlimited Canada. Insects on call. (June, 2016)

Pollinators

  1. CBC News. University of Calgary unveils digital archive of 300 bee species. (May, 2019)

  2. CBC Radio Calgary. The Homestretch (Topic: digital bee collection). (May, 2019)

  3. CBC Radio Calgary. Local news (Topic: digital bee collection). (May, 2019)

  4. CBC TV Calgary. Local news (Topic: digital bee collection). (May, 2019)

  5. Calgary Herald. U of C buzzing about release of digital bee collection. (May, 2019)

  6. UToday (U. Calgary). Digital bee collection launched at University of Calgary. (May, 2019)

  7. CBC Radio Yukon. A New Day with Sandi Coleman (Topic: public lecture on bees). (February, 2019)

  8. Calgary Herald. U of C professor looking into dwindling monarch butterfly population. (August, 2016)

  9. NewsTalk (Corus Network Radio). Bruce Kenyon Talk Show (Topic: monarch butterfly conservation). (August, 2016)

  10. CBC Radio Calgary. The Eyeopener (Topic: monarch butterfly conservation). (August, 2016)

  11. UToday (U. Calgary). Iconic monarch butterflies get help from prof. (August, 2016)

  12. CBC Radio Saskatchewan. The Afternoon Edition (Topic: monarch butterfly conservation). (June, 2016)

  13. CBC Radio Alberta. Hourly news (Topic: monarch butterfly conservation). (June, 2016)

  14. CBC News Calgary. Project aims to help save monarch butterfly. (June, 2016)

Pollinators and climate change

  1. University of Calgary. Bees and climate change. (July, 2017)

  2. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Press conference (attended by hundreds of global media outlets). (July, 2015)

  3. Science (AAAS). Bumblebees aren’t keeping up with a warming planet (News article). (July, 2015)

  4. Nature. Climate change crushes bee populations (News article). (July, 2015)

  5. The New York Times. Climate change is shrinking where bumblebees ranged, research finds. (July, 2015)

  6. The Guardian (UK). Climate change causing bumblebee habitat loss, say scientists. (July, 2015)

  7. Reuters. Buzzkill: global warming shrinks range of pollinating bumblebees. (July, 2015)

  8. Washington Post. Bumblebee habitats are shrinking at an alarming rate. (July, 2015)

  9. Time. Bees are losing their habitat because of climate change. (July, 2015)

  10. Paris Match. Les bourdons sont en train de mourir. (July, 2015)

  11. Le Monde. Bourdons se rétrécit sous l’effet du réchauffement climatique. (July, 2015)

  12. El País. El mundo se queda sin abejorros. (July, 2015)

  13. NBC News. Bumblebees are being bumped off by climate change, scientists say. (July, 2015)

  14. CBS News. Bumblebees feeling the sting of climate change. (July, 2015)

  15. BBC News. Climate vice constricts bumblebees’ natural ranges – researchers. (July, 2015)

  16. Los Angeles Times. Rising temperatures due to climate change are threat to bumblebees. (July, 2015)

  17. CBC News. Bumblebee populations struggling due to climate change says study. (July, 2015)

  18. The Globe and Mail. Bumblebees are trapped by warming climate, study finds. (July, 2015)

  19. Calgary Herald. Research shows bumblebees suffering in a changing climate. (July, 2015)

  20. Toronto Star. Bumblebees struggling to survive warming world. (July, 2015)

  21. Canadian Press. Bumble bee ranges rapidly shrinking across continents. (July, 2015)

  22. UToday (U. Calgary). Study reveals alarming effects of climate change on bumblebees. (July, 2015)

  23. UToday (U. Calgary). Alarming effects of climate change on bumblebees. (July, 2015)

  24. UCalgary Alumni Magazine. Bumble bees crushed by climate. (July, 2015)

The ABC Lab is a collective project of Dr. Paul Galpern, Dr. Mindi Summers, and their students and trainees at University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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