Microplastics are settling into Ontario cottage country lakes
The Narwhal New study looks at the movement of microplastics in freshwater systems, and finds many of them are sticking around. Click here to read the story.
30 years under longest boil-water advisory in Canada, Neskantaga First Nation pushes for new treatment plant
CBC The community’s water treatment plant was built in 1993. The boil-water advisory was issued by the First Nation and federal government two years later because the facility was testing […]
*CORRECTED: More funding helps update irrigation infrastructure
Government of Alberta Irrigation helps farmers increase yields, grow more diverse crops and improve productivity and crop quality to put more food on tables in Alberta and around the world. […]
B.C. risks billions if new homes are built in the path of fires and floods
Canadian Climate Institute A new report from our team at the Canadian Climate Institute shows that, unless policy changes are made, B.C. could face an additional $2 billion in average […]
Compare and contrast: Plummeting Great Lakes water levels to be below average for boating season, Corps predicts
The Detroit News Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages for the first time in nearly a […]
Water Security Agency launches Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy with $1 million research initiative
Water Canada The Water Security Agency (WSA) announced a finalized Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy, a key piece of Saskatchewan’s Agricultural Water Management Program. Click here to read the story.
Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board opens public comment on draft plan
Water Canada The International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board (Study Board) is inviting public comment on its draft Plan of Study until February 17, 2025. The finalized plan will outline the […]
Lake beds are rich environmental records — studying them reveals much about a place’s history
The Conversation – Canada Canada has more lakes than any other country in the world, with a huge diversity of lake sizes, depths, shapes, water chemistries, underlying geologies and hydrologies […]
Leave it to beavers to save farmland from drought in the face of climate change
CBC A beaver’s dam is an unmistakable engineering marvel. A humble structure of logs jammed together blocks the mouth of a creek or stream, totally transforming the land around it. […]
Coal mine pollution: international inquiry details plan to investigate Canada, U.S. contamination
The Narwhal After decades of pollution from B.C. coal mines, the International Joint Commission is proposing a plan to explore data and propose solutions to issues like selenium contamination from […]