As pressures on water systems continue to grow, accessible and interoperable data will be increasingly important for turning observations into knowledge, supporting informed decisions and…
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, announced that the Action Plan to protect Wood Buffalo National Park…
Canadian researchers have guest edited a section of the technical journal Groundwater®, published by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). The articles were published in…
Associate director of University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS), Jeff McDonnell, was presented with the university’s highest honour for research at the…
A new large-scale hydroeconomic model has been developed by the Water Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). The model will allow…
Meteorologists have known for some time that rainfall forecasts have flaws, as failure to take into account factors such as evaporation can affect their accuracy. Now,…
The lead author of a study focused on the impact of precipitation, thaw and development on Calgary’s second-largest river basin suggests that climate change and…
Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released its February flood outlook, which found that the threat of widespread major spring flooding is low in most…
Following work to remove invasive plants and regulate water levels as part of preliminary restoration at its Jubilee wetland this summer, Campbell River, B.C. has…
In 2007, Langley Township in British Columbia hosted the first of three events in the Metro Vancouver Showcasing Green Infrastructure Innovation. Now, a decade later, the Township and…
A recent study conducted by researchers at the Global Institute for Water Security has analyzed river ice models to develop a better understanding of modelling…
The Government of British Columbia has announced a Level 4 drought rating for the Coldwater River watershed and a Level 3 drought rating for the…
The Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) recently released two documents on the changing environment in Canada’s west, focused on the impacts to water resources. Future…
The governments of Canada and Quebec have announced an investment of $57.5 million into efforts to safeguard the St. Lawrence River. Together, the governments will…
Changing atmospheric temperatures are forcing changes in the water cycle—higher evaporation rates, more frequent and intense rainstorms, and less precipitation as snow. Together these changes…
The National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has announced that it will support water research internationally with collaborations through the Water Joint Programming…
Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed an agro-hydrological model to study water supply in Alberta’s 2,255 sub-basins and to better understand water scarcity.…
The Canadian Space Agency awarded a $3.8M contract to Communications & Power Industries Canada (CPI) to build components for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)…
Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) Dan Kraus has brought attention to the fact that the threat to Canada’s prairie grassland ecosystem should be of major…
Scientists, led by the University of Toronto’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar, have discovered the world’s oldest water. The two-billion-year-old water is found at Kidd Creek Mine…
A computer model developed by researchers in the U.S. allows scientists to better capture the physical characteristics of the Great Lakes by fully resolving the…
As a result of prolonged dry conditions along the coast, the Skeena-Nass area of British Columbia is experiencing Level 3 hydrological drought conditions. The Level…
New Brunswick’s provincial government has released a long-term wetland management strategy (pdf) and will implement it in phases to allow for the implementation of operational,…