British undergrad students get research opportunity of a lifetime at Grenfell College
British students conduct environmental research
Pine marten, soil respiration, agricultural impacts on the Humber River and environmental attitudes in children were the research topics explored by four undergrad students from the University of York this past summer under the Humber River Basin Project, a comprehensive and integrated approach to monitoring, assessing, and predictive modeling of the Humber River Basin.

British students Holly Edwards, Becky Strickland, Jenny Calder and Aura Piha spent several weeks at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College studying four very different areas of research this summer, and returned to the UK last week.

Edwards' research focused on determining the levels and forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Humber River basin to see if agricultural activities are affecting nutrient levels in the Humber River.

"If the levels are too high, the nutrients create an increase in algae, which blocks out light and depletes oxygen, which chokes other life in the stream," she said. While she found some increase in nutrients, it appears the levels are low enough not to cause a dangerous effect.

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