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Issue 31, December 2008

Steven Rogers with the mapping application (left screen) and the conversion routine (right screen).

Canadian Geography Comes Alive In Cutting-Edge Mapping Project

Canada Lands in Google Earth Project Brings Virtual 3-D Mapping to NRCan.

Close-up of the Mountain Pine Beetle

Inside the Genes of the Mountain Pine Beetle

The Tria Project uses the science of genomics to get into the “guts” of an outbreak

General view of a blast furnace plant

Biomass in Ironmaking Expected to Reduce Emissions

Scientists have investigated the feasibility of replacing fossil fuels with biomass in the blast furnace ironmaking process to reduce GHG emissions.

A largemouth bass (warm-water species) caught at Clayton lake, February 2008.Largemouth provided spectacular ice fishing last winter. Photo credit: H. Robinson

Fish Feel the Effects of Climate Change

Climate change is certain to affect our inland fisheries and lake ecosystems as well as the water levels and coasts of our oceans. But what will these effects be? And what affects effects have already occurred?

CCHT’s twin test houses

Twin Houses Provide Innovative Test for Residential Products

The Canadian Centre for Housing and Technology is an innovative research facility for the support and full-scale evaluation of residential products and alternative energy technologies.