Commentary | May 16, 2018
Ever been swimming and experienced a sudden drop in temperature in the water near your feet? We explain the science behind that phenomenon.
Commentary | Apr 30, 2018
If you’re a scientist who wants to get started on communicating your work to a broader audience, here are some helpful tips on how you can start reworking your research for a broader audience, and find the most effective avenues through which to reach them.
Commentary | Mar 21, 2018
This World Water Day, we take a look at Sustainable Development Goal 6 (“ensure access to water and sanitation for all”) and explain what it is meant to acheive, and why it matters.
Commentary | Mar 10, 2018
What is climate? It’s a more difficult question than you would think, especially when you have to explain it to an eleven-year old.
Commentary | Feb 11, 2018
This week, the Government of Canada publicly proposed a series of amendments to its Fisheries Act. We explain why the new changes matter, and where we can go from here.
Commentary | Dec 5, 2017
The Great IISD-ELA Snow Storm of 2017 was an intense and unexpected event that affected our work, trapped us out at camp for a few days, and, admittedly, also afforded us some beautiful photos.
Commentary | Nov 6, 2017
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of the world’s freshwater laboratory? Roger Mollot, our Operations Manager, explains all…
Commentary | Oct 6, 2017
Now that it is welcoming its first federal chief science advisor, Pauline Gerrard explains how Canada can best support and nuture its scientific commmunity.
Commentary | Sep 23, 2017
As the very first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury takes place, we explain why mercury poses such a risk to humans, what IISD Experimental Lakes Area has discovered, and lay out what needs to happen next.
Commentary | Jun 22, 2017
We sat down with Matthew McCandless, our executive director, to look at three of the biggest current threats to Canada’s fresh water and to learn what IISD-ELA is doing about them.
