Friday, October 24, 2025
Research: Are ice roads holding up under January’s unseasonable warmth?
Toronto – Vital winter ice road infrastructure may be cracking and sinking under the load of an unseasonably warm start to the new year across…
Sapna Sharma
Northern lakes have warmed six times faster since 1992: Research
Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere have warmed six times faster since 1992 than any other time period in the last 100 years, according to research…
Northern Lakes at Risk of Losing Ice Cover Permanently: Research
York University researchers have found that close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century. Those lakes include large…
More Children and Youth Drowning as Warming Temperatures Create Unstable Lake Ice
More children and young adults are falling through the ice and fatally drowning as winters become milder and as lake ice becomes less stable, according…
New Freshwater Database Tells Water Quality Story for 12K Lakes Globally
York University researchers have created a publicly available water quality database that will help scientists monitor and manage the health of close 12,000 freshwater lakes…
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…