IISD-ELA in the News | The Hill Times | October 22, 2020
"Thanks to the power of artificial intelligence, data also now allow us to 'model' better than ever—providing us with detailed and accurate blueprints of where, say, Canada’s fresh water is headed, set against the backdrops of climate change and ever-increasing pollution."
IISD-ELA in the News | PBS | October 22, 2020
"Across the country dams are being removed, and that means big changes for those rivers and some of the communities along them. Learn more about what happens when these dams are built and what happens when they come down in this Great Lakes Now watch party."
IISD-ELA in the News | Global TV | October 20, 2020
"A nine-month-long competition tasking young people on the prairies with solving environmental problems facing Lake Winnipeg is about to declare a winner."
IISD-ELA in the News | CBC | October 19, 2020
"Scientists at the ELA have been doing whole-ecosystem freshwater research for half a century, including one unconventional study that started with a bang. Researchers wanted to know what impact the hunt for oil and other natural resources was having on fish. "
IISD-ELA in the News | Radio-Canada International | October 19, 2020
"Silver nanoparticles are used in some socks, athletic clothing and in industrial applications, but a new study found that when the tiny particles are discharged into water, they are harmful to fish. Clothing is treated with nanosilver for its antimicrobial properties to keep it from smelling. But when the clothing is washed, particles of silver escape and flow into waste water and out into in the environment. The study was conducted at Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area, in the northern part of the province of Ontario."
IISD-ELA in the News | The Globe and Mail | October 19, 2020
"Microscopic silver particles that are added as an antimicrobial agent to athletic clothing, condoms and yoga mats, among many other products, have been shown to harm fish and freshwater ecosystems when released in quantities that are similar to what is thought to be emerging from wastewater plants across Canada."
IISD-ELA in the News | Circle of Blue | October 15, 2020
“We’re missing the big picture,” added Scott Higgins, a researcher with the Experimental Lakes Area, a non-profit research centre in northwestern Ontario that assesses human impacts on whole aquatic ecosystems. “Data have been collected on behalf of the public, and often paid for by the public purse, but it’s not being put together.”
IISD-ELA in the News | The Ethiopian Herald | October 9, 2020
"The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE) program is facilitating lake advisory groups to enhance scientific inquiry in a systematic and consistent manner, foster a community of shared knowledge and practice, across sectors and geography and positively influence policymaking using science, communication, and other strategies, disclosed African Center for Aquatic Research and Education experts."
IISD-ELA in the News | Great Lakes Now | October 1, 2020
“We’re missing the big picture,” added Scott Higgins, a researcher with the Experimental Lakes Area, a non-profit research centre in northwestern Ontario that assesses human impacts on whole aquatic ecosystems. “Data have been collected on behalf of the public, and often paid for by the public purse, but it’s not being put together.”
IISD-ELA in the News | CKDR | September 28, 2020
"The Experimental Lakes Area west of Vermilion Bay is sharing its expertise with the continent of Africa. The International Institute for Sustainable Development has signed an agreement with the African Great Lakes."
