{"id":12368,"date":"2022-05-13T15:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=12368"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:45","slug":"new-tool-helps-scientists-monitor-chronic-oil-in-arctic-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2022\/new-tool-helps-scientists-monitor-chronic-oil-in-arctic-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"New tool helps scientists monitor chronic oil in Arctic wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        New tool helps scientists monitor chronic oil in Arctic wildlife\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/jennifer-provencher-512030\">Jennifer Provencher<\/a>, Adjunct professor, Department of Biology and <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/yasmeen-zahaby-1310622\">Yasmeen Zahaby<\/a>, Masters Student, Department of Biology wrote a wonderfully informative article discussing how Arctic wildlife are impacted by oil and climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer&#8217;s research focus is on the effects of plastic pollution, including the cumulative effects of plastic pollution in relation to contaminants, parasites and diseases in wildlife. Most of Jennifers research has focused on the Arctic. Yasmeen&#8217;s thesis focuses on building ecotoxicology tools to facilitate effects-based monitoring of contaminants in Arctic seabirds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"http:\/\/link.newsletter.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=Pilleez-2F-2FKTo4v8gbXJPZ7TnKiFicOj670VpqiI2BPtMzelMXYQbECqL-2FCOERQ-2BCWsoXOGyL9t9g-2Bm9f9FQUnvpeS3cPZLNUZs0aW6eu319gj4gMNnVXl4tSF75Dvmxxt9gZPtWbQxv8qvzvU8fjN-2BprOxInxJy-2BsgOcsN0Fcl35weAXEBOnkgBqU8u4dDur8AMheXKgVzs326AyhGMpMO7vmczqDvlMuSIPdosVE8pRio07mHDza2gZtg-2B239q0Q9xLtbSul4y3QhZy-2FtQU0-2Bo2IuOGOOtUE5EGHMyEELHrVnSMzMRATqNGPw0k5ySsYvEtklWpBLWpAT0p1CLMTow1PTd3P1jhqs-2B3Z3i0nTzXuY0b1syO5ELqYd61gopruaMmN6BVEvITDGYR6JuIRGnrO3EO33poRLjxsymIuxEnpgIsp5OhKAnb2DvhcIhDYArAW1F4UAgrel5mf1217jBdX0YOtdVYJmEv-2BEug6KJXn0EVdktGLDL8djC2QVJ4b4X6japcpGbroGgp3QYU1N-2BKtBV6moAfYFpZKojJDt1qSkdyaB2QLfselEievxXfl7Wsn-2Fhcxua8nyh40qvOqH1YerlMDKzSDb4aIzd1-2BkzkI0NRN2hRGs6E1O3hFX89mgi76OoBT0wjMEY3dBXbf0pEsRMxPhIPsDuocDMS3gLANQA6BV8X0paegyARI-2FflAbCbzJ6M7gsjlDTDHNuxxvBm147u-2FsaD54t-2FDsTFBFR05iXwayCkVqWuGIZyURofcY5JmERM7JPuRxDfnV7ZCg-3D-3DgOrw_ph58HuV6ybMm4I6gF4t6Dy9AC-2Fq6EgedkqFrJJZviqIZjvbnRu5L0YC72LVeaLEKa3hzTxU22Vf7MTVzYM-2FvdTYPaGSmiRxZpvXqAUh4g5EGMjC277x6AipwfBd9TUPQ-2FZVntT7PajN2puLrTtNrrzQAwuvP2f3s1HRBeeyq3aRXYlGL-2B0x6gDeMZX3Pui8WwQhryNRty321sOV0CMyb7mQI7p84rSMZ8YPUu-2FicWYrHxsiVP1qWWWiWnvRXnux-2F62bKz4VHyNU5VpsHSLZORL7xz6AIunrk6DWOwaAYaDKYLgPWgpT2VQPKg7zMLW1FlrZNJGu-2BcYKD57dVjcKk2wI1KeHqBd-2FZUtjaj4RUmCo9RC3UY2nb1pvd0IWnEOl8yDzRYsu2hoyPEf9yHIrTnw-3D-3D\"><strong>New tool helps scientists monitor chronic oil in Arctic wildlife<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Provencher, Adjunct professor, Department of Biology and Yasmeen Zahaby, Masters Student, Department of Biology wrote a wonderfully informative article discussing how Arctic wildlife are impacted by oil and climate change. 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