Tuesday, September 16, 2025
New Study Shows Legacy of DDT in Lake Ecosystems
The pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) persists in remote lakes at concerning levels half a century after it was banned, according to the findings of a study…
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SPONSORED: Earth Day 2019 – Protecting Our Species
It is almost impossible not to be aware of the alarming rate at which some of our most precious plant and wildlife populations are declining…
New Research Shows More Nitrogen Enters Streams than Expected
New research by a scientific collaboration, led by the USDA Forest Service, shows that more nitrogen from rain and snow is making it to more…
First Nations Partnership for Ecosystem Repair of Alouette River
In the Alouette watershed in British Columbia, water runs from the mountains and ridge tops into the local ponds, streams, and lakes. The water eventually…
Research Shows Lake Ice May Disappear Across Northern Hemisphere
The iconic winter traditions of skating outdoors and ice fishing on a frozen lake could vanish across southern Canada and the Northern Hemisphere by the…
Canadian Ministers of Environment Aim for Zero Plastic Waste
On Friday, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, was joined by her provincial and territorial counterparts via teleconference for the annual meeting of the…
Swim Guide Releases Open Data Standard for Recreational Water Quality
Ontario’s Swim Guide, a Swim Drink Fish initiative, has announced the release of its open data standard for the automated exchange of recreational water quality…
Scientists Uncover New Molecular Properties of Water
Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own autoionization products; that is, the charged species obtained when a water molecule (H2O)…
Environmental Groups Call for Hard Targets on Plastic Waste
Today, a number of environmental organizations have released a declaration that calls on the government of Canada to eliminate plastic waste in Canada by 2025,…
AI Provides Field Support in Efforts to Eliminate Aquatic Invasive Species
New research from the University of Alberta has produced a helpful field tool that allows offline, in-the-field environmental managers to harness the power of artificial…
New Aquatic Species Added to Endangered Species List
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) added the Midland Painted Turtle to a growing list of species found to be at…
Report Provides Recommendations to BC Gov. on Flooding and Wildfires
British Columbia will act to mitigate flooding and wildfires in 2018 based on recommendations from a report on the 2017 spring floods and wildfires. As…
Green Party Responds to CESD Spring Report
Green Party leader Elizabeth May issued a press release regarding Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand’s three reports that were tabled in…
Canadians: Globally Tuned-In to Climate Challenges; Solutions-Focused
Canadians pay close attention to international affairs; they are concerned about climate change and famine; they see their nation as a positive force in the…
Increased Seasonal Risk of Flood in Parts of B.C. Due to Snow Pack
In its April Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin, British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre (RFC) has declared that the amount of snow pack indicates an…
Atlantic Canada’s Model for a First Nations-led Water Authority
As First Nations are more actively deploying their own governance locally, regionally, and nationally, a growing body of Canadian leaders are advocating for the federal…
Has Road Salt Run its Course?
Marshes, streams and lakes lie alongside many of the roads and highways that zigzag across North America. Plants and animals inhabit these water bodies and…
Citizen Science Water Research in Canada’s North
Two Wilfrid Laurier University-led citizen science research projects are set to receive funding from Global Water Futures. The projects will help monitor changes that are…
Waterlution Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Youth Work
On November 24th, Waterlution’s Youth Advisory Board (YAB) launched a crowdfunding campaign for its Great Water Challenge (GWC) program, which features, Canada’s Great Water Adventure,…
Grand River Secures $40K From Federal Government for Lake Erie
The Grand River Conservation Authority has received $40,000 from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to contribute to the goals of the Lake Erie Lakewide…
Tailings Pond Pollution Controls Are Effective, Feds Argue
The federal government has submitted a statement regarding Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) oversight of tailings ponds in Alberta to the Commission for Environmental…
Evaluating the Costs of Cutting Phosphorus in Ontario
Nutrient loadings (particularly phosphorus) from human, agricultural, and industrial waste, combined with climate change, changes in land use patterns, and invasive species are creating algal…
Ontario Environmental Commissioner Reports on Nutrient Pollution
Algal blooms are a frequent and wide-spread problem that is hurting the Ontario economy, threatening human and ecological health, and Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is demanding that…
Mapping Boreal Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge
This July, Paul Betsina spent five days in a helicopter over boreal wetlands, flying so low he thought he could “reach out and grab the…