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 Items tagged: algaeItems Found: 5Lake Winnipeg: Canada’s Great Dead ZoneDecember 5, 2011 - 8:26 am We need to be honest with ourselves. What we have created is the largest inland freshwater dead zone in the world. At 15,000 square kilometres in area, algal blooms in Lake Winnipeg are now larger than the record 8,500-square-mile area of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. We need to admit that... Categories: Blog Cultivating GrowthNovember 21, 2011 - 9:19 am Situated in the agricultural heartland of Ontario, Rondeau Bay is an important ecosystem. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), it’s an important spawning and nursery area for bass and pike, a major stopover for migratory birds and a refuge for a number of rare and threatened Great... Categories: Features As Seen From SpaceNovember 9, 2011 - 1:17 pm “This is considered the worst bloom in decades," says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who measured 50 times more microcystin in Lake Erie in the summer of 2011 than the World Health Organization recommends for safe recreation. The reasons... Categories: Blog Sustainable Stormwater ManagementDecember 21, 2009 - 9:26 am Stormwater management has become an increasingly challenging issue for urban communities. In many cases, rainwater can no longer follow its natural patterns, which increases the volumes of runoff and its associated problems. In a natural environment, runoff is minimized since rainfall for the most... Categories: Features A Lesson in UVSeptember 29, 2009 - 12:36 pm Although many people think that treating water with ultraviolet light is a new idea, the ability of ultraviolet light to disinfect microbes was discovered at the turn of the 20th century. The first installation using ultraviolet (UV) light to disinfect public drinking water was in Marseille, France... Categories: Blog |
