Environmental
research at U of T, from the ozone layer to urban grime
By
Michael Smith
Capturing the breadth of environmental research at the University
of Toronto is as difficult as defining the subject itself. "The
environment" is, after all, about everything that has to do with
life on Planet Earth. Similarly, U of T researchers and scholars are
studying this very broad topic from every possible angle and from
a dizzying variety of disciplines. Of
the universitys 2,500 faculty, there are, literally, hundreds
officially conducting research into the environment and hundreds
more doing work that is directly and indirectly related to the
physical state of the globe, the effects that humans have had on
it (and that it, as a result, is now having on humans), and the
possibilities for correcting the damage that has been done.
Its
impossible to tell the whole story. But it is still a story worth
telling. For a glimmer of the talent and innovation at work on the
environmental front at U of T, see the continuation of this story.
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