Keep informed about the environment. Use Current Results to quickly and easily find out about important new insights gleaned from scientific research.

You'll find here informative and concise summaries of papers from science journals. Each article in Current Results is accompanied by a link and reference to the original publication.

Also at Current Results are feature pages that pull together interesting data from scientific sources to give you an insightful snapshot of environmental facts.

Current Results translates key findings from quality, peer-reviewed research into everyday language. The studies and data summarized here are selected for their broad relevance and significant discoveries.

Current Results covers a wide array of topics related to our global environment. This website originally focused on natural resources research in British Columbia and contains a rich collection of items on that subject. With its new emphasis on key discoveries about our environment, Current Results now reports on the most important findings from around the world.

About the Publisher

Current Results is published by Current Results Nexus, based in British Columbia, Canada.

Current Results is an independent publication and is not an advocate for any organization, company, society or government agency. Current Results Nexus endeavours to provide accurate and objective summaries of scientifically-founded information contained in research publications.

About the Author

Current Results is compiled and written by Liz Osborn, principal of Current Results Nexus.

Liz has a multidisciplinary background in environmental research, management and communications. Her education includes university degrees in forestry and biology (BSc Honours), wildland resource science (MSc) and natural resources management (MRM).

Liz recently served for over five years on the British Columbia Forest Practices Board, including as vice-chair and acting chair. Previously she was executive director of the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC. In addition, she has conducted research and worked in various countries in Africa. Besides producing Current Results, Liz consults in environmental communications.

Liz is a Registered Professional Biologist with the College of Applied Biology in British Columbia. She contributes regular “Journal Watch” columns to the College’s BioNews magazine and to BC Forest Professional published by the Association of BC Forest Professionals. She also writes about equine research at Horse Science News.