Trent University School of Environment professor Dr. Julian Aherne, and Environmental & Life Sciences Ph.D. student, Brittany Welsh ’16 are among 79 researchers belonging to…
Laval University – Even if most cyanobacteria blooms in Canada’s lakes happen during the hottest periods of summer, water temperature seems to have little to…
Saskatoon – Researchers are helping close the loop on the sustainability cycle with research into nutrient-enhanced biochar — a charcoal-like material made by heating recycled…
Winnipeg – Our prairie provinces’ water infrastructure—from pipes to treatment facilities—upon which millions of Canadians depend is aging and depreciating at an alarming rate. However,…
Ottawa and Washington, D.C. – The International Joint Commission (IJC) is announcing that the data mapping products, tools and models that resulted from the International…
Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Natural disasters such as storms, earthquakes and wildfires are widely recognized for their devastating economic impacts. A new study released on March…
Climate change-exacerbated landscape disturbances and pressures are increasingly challenging the water industry globally. Not only do floods, droughts, and wildfires threaten water supply and stormwater…
North Bay, ON – The City of North Bay has proactively undertaken a study to evaluate options for enhancing its water treatment process to meet…
Wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. A new study, published in Nature, has found that the loss of wetland areas around the…
Small isolated wetlands that are full for only part of the year are often the first to be removed for development or agriculture, but a new…
As a pilot project involving University of Guelph researchers monitoring wastewater at Toronto Pearson Airport for coronavirus variants enters its second year, one of its lead researchers…
Toronto – Vital winter ice road infrastructure may be cracking and sinking under the load of an unseasonably warm start to the new year across…
Toronto – A team of researchers from York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and Lassonde School of Engineering have revamped their Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) with multiple innovations that will…
Fresh water is a finite resource vulnerable to contamination. Researchers from the University of Guelph and scientists from the Canadian Light Source at the University…
Three University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have been awarded $430,000 in total by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help purchase cutting-edge equipment that…
Amid record-breaking heat waves and growing migration into cities, a University of Guelph atmospheric scientist has helped assemble a comprehensive overview of the problem of…
Toronto, ON – When it comes to trying to help the planet secure its energy future, you won’t find many researchers more energetic than Ontario…
University of Waterloo is leading an interdisciplinary team to identify and treat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – better known as forever chemicals – in water systems…
Socially vulnerable groups are at greater risk from climate-change-caused flooding because of systemic disadvantages, according to a new study. The study also reveals that neighbourhood-level…
Around the world, people use wetlands to help treat wastewater. University of Lethbridge researchers will look to better understand how these complex systems work by…
In a new paper published in Nature, a team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) and international researchers presented their findings from a global investigation to determine…
The findings of a recently published study of ancient groundwaters have important implications for such practices as carbon sequestration and deep underground storage of waste…
Quebec – Coastal facilities around the world must be designed to be protected against extreme sea levels. However, according to a team of Quebecois and…
Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according…