Energy & Sustainability

A showcase of the students, staff and faculty at McMaster who enrich our community with diverse perspectives and Ways of Knowing.

Veenstra's storymap used interactive maps, video, photos and text to tell the story of humpback whales' annual 8,000 km migration between Australia to Antarctica.

Snow that builds up on wildfire-charred ground has a cooling effect that can offset emissions, but climate change is shrinking the snow cover, research shows.

Thawing permafrost is transforming Arctic streams into acidic, metal-laden waterways, sometimes within a matter of days.

The additional 14 acres of ecologically significant land includes the Carbon Sink Forest and the Urban Environmental Monitoring Station, which measures greenhouse gas.

Mike Brook’s Neopara Materials combines a novel ingredient with tire rubber to create new materials - like hockey pucks.

Get to know the origin story of McMaster Forest Nature Preserve - a place for ecologically sensitive teaching, research and recreation.

Meet some of the researchers exploring ways to conserve water, safeguard waterways and protect aquatic life.

Researchers from the faculties of Engineering and Science are teaming up to convert agricultural food waste into energy-dense solid fuel, then use the water left over from the process as an eco-friendly pesticide and fertilizer.

Replacing the flammable liquid in EV batteries with a solid electrolyte would reduce the risk of spontaneous combustion from damaged or overheated batteries, writes Taiana Emmanuel Pereira.

Fully electric bus fleets across Canadian transit systems are not only affordable and possible, they would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 92 per cent, the study shows.

McMaster is the first academic institution to join as part of the organization’s new Research Reactor Membership category.