See below to see the latest media releases from IISD Experimental Lakes Area and features in media. If you wish to speak to one of our experts, contact Sumeep Bath, media and communications officer at IISD Experimental Lakes Area at [email protected] or +1 (204) 958-7700 ext. 740.
IISD-ELA in the News | Treehugger | March 9, 2023
"Only by reducing the amount of mercury introduced into the atmosphere can humans lower the amount of mercury in fish. Luckily, research at the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area found that when mercury is no longer added to an ecosystem, the ecosystem can heal, ultimately reducing the amount of mercury humans consume."
IISD-ELA in the News | CBC Radio-Canada | February 23, 2023
Josée Méthot discusses the impact of climate change on the health of the Red Deer River watershed. (*French-language interview - scroll to the section entitled "Le bassin versant de la Rivière Red Deer et les changements climatiques"*)
IISD-ELA in the News | Dryden Now | February 21, 2023
“It’s going to be a busy science year…we have some really exciting stuff including, hopefully, a new study on quaternary ammonium compounds, which is a suite of compounds that became so commonly used in COVID.”
IISD-ELA in the News | The Weather Network | February 13, 2023
"The Lake Matano discoveries had special significance for Dr. Sherry Schiff in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Her long history of studying freshwater habitats, including those at the International Institute for Sustainable Development — Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) in northern Ontario, helped her formulate a hypothesis."
IISD-ELA in the News | Dryden Now | February 9, 2023
“We are looking forward to inspiring young people from northwestern Ontario, or really across Canada, although to be honest, we’d love to give this award to a local northwestern Ontarian in field research, in biology,” says Gerrard.
