A Brandon University researcher is in the field near Sudbury, Ontario, this summer assessing how to restore a damaged ecosystem that could be a tremendous carbon sink.
Dr. Pete Whittington is a professor and chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at BU. his research focuses on peatlands, which are a type of wetland that can store tonnes of carbon into the ground for thousands of years.
With spring’s arrival, Brandon University is seeing more interest for use of the secure bicycle compound on campus. The bike compound is located at the southeast corner of Parking Lot 1, where McMaster Hall meets the Knowles Douglas Centre (just behind the white Geology building).
A Brandon University researcher known for his work on restoring peatlands is part of a team that has secured $1,466,449 in federal funding to look at polluted peatlands in northern Ontario.
Dr. Pete Whittington, Associate Professor of Geography & Environment at BU, joins Dr. Colin McCarter, Assistant Professor at Nipissing University and Canada Research Chair in Climate and Environmental Change, who was awarded an Alliance Missions Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada announced this month.