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Eight University of Lethbridge research projects focused on water storage, carbon storage, insect health, fish habitat and the endangered sage grouse will go ahead thanks to a $500,000 grant from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (AEPA).

University of Lethbridge researchers have been monitoring plant life in Waterton Lakes National Park to see how they’re responding following the massive Kenow wildfire in 2017. “We know we have increasing fires on the landscape recently, so plant communities are going to have to deal with that,” says Dr. Jenny McCune, a ULethbridge biology professor. “But then we also have increases in human-caused stressors like recreation. There’s a real question about how those two different sources of stress will interact and whether one will magnify the effects of the other.”

The ULethbridge Physics & Astronomy department and Lethbridge Astronomy Society invite the community to witness this astronomical phenomenon Around noon on Monday, April 8, residents of Lethbridge and the surrounding area will have the opportunity to witness a partial solar eclipse, an awe-inspiring event that will captivate observers of all ages.

ULethbridge team part of international cohort behind discovery An international team of astronomers, including University of Lethbridge astrophysicist Dr. Alex Tetarenko, have performed a unique experiment probing astrophysical jets being expelled into space at nearly the speed of light. The material and energy in these jets was liberated when huge explosions occurred on the surface of a celestial object called a neutron star.