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Top 10 stories of 2024

December 19, 2024 -

From exciting and impactful research discoveries to inspiring recognition and partnerships, the University of Victoria (UVic) community continues to demonstrate our commitments to working together towards a brighter future for all, year after year.

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Expert on climate modelling and analysis

November 18, 2024 -

In a new Nature study, led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics and published today, an international group of authors who developed the science behind net zero demonstrate that relying on “natural carbon sinks” like forests and oceans to offset ongoing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use will not actually stop global warming.

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World premiere of climate-disaster play at UVic

September 9, 2024 - Media release

People across Canada came together to help one another during recent climate disasters, and now Neworld Theatre is bringing those true-life stories to the stage. Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories is the first full-length documentary theatre production based upon on-the-ground climate disaster reporting and will have its world premiere at the UVic's Phoenix Theatre from Sept. 16-21.

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History lesson: Identifying a climate ‘tipping point’ for ocean deoxygenation

September 4, 2024 - Media release

Massive volcanic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contributing to an extreme global ocean deoxygenation event over 120 million years ago has modern day implications for understanding a climate warming “tipping point,” according to new research published in Nature this week, led by a scientist at Ocean Networks Canada, a UVic initiative.

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