Shawn Lewenza, a professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Athabasca University, has developed a patent-pending technology that could revolutionize the way oil sands companies monitor contaminants in tailings ponds. The technology could ultimately improve the process of cleaning up this wastewater.

Larger animals like deer and moose are most affected as concrete replaces green space and cities get warmer and drier, researchers find. A new study involving a…