Socially, badly eroded or submerged coastlines would affect millions who live in places such as New York, Prince Edward Island and Shanghai. To help people at least consider the unknown, and prepare for the worst, several Waterloo researchers are participating in a five-year, $2.5-million project called the Partnership for Canadian Caribbean Community Climate Change Adaption. 

University of Waterloo researchers bring gauges, satellites and their own keen eyes to the study of climate change. They are also using another tool — numbers. By feeding patterns and probabilities into computers, researchers can create numerical weather. 

Research at the University of Waterloo suggests we shouldn’t be too quick to blame faulty neurons for memory lapses: It’s probably context. 

Everybody does it: Walk out of the house, close the door, then wonder whether the stove was turned off or the lights left on. For some, however, it becomes a debilitating loop. Christine Purdon, a clinical psychology professor at University of Waterloo, explores obsessive compulsive disorder.

 The University of Waterloo has appointed to its Board of Governors a respected leader with a passion for community involvement and nurturing emerging technology talent