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 | The Guardian | August 17, 2023
"About 90% of water samples taken over the last 10 years from the Great Lakes contain microplastic levels that are unsafe for wildlife, a new peer-reviewed paper from the University of Toronto finds."
IISD-ELA in the News | The Starfish | August 11, 2023
"At the ELA, we can study contaminants by setting up enclosures (termed limnocorrals) in the lake, so we can gain insights on how microplastics behave in nature, because the enclosures had natural water, sediment, and were susceptible to the natural weather conditions. The enclosures also enable us to manipulate what goes in there, including some animals and… microplastics"
IISD-ELA in the News | PBS | August 1, 2023
"In 2018, a group of scientists deliberately poured dilbit into a freshwater lake in the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) of northwestern Ontario and now their findings – which they hope will inform future clean up efforts – are starting to come out."
IISD-ELA in the News | La Liberté | July 31, 2023
"Les feux de forêt sont venus rappeler que les changements climatiques avaient bel et bien un impact sur notre planète. Mais en dessous de la surface de la terre, les lacs aussi se réchauffent et brûlent plus discrètement."
IISD-ELA in the News | The Sacramento Bee | July 22, 2023
"The term “zooplankton” encompasses a large variety of microscopic animals that exist in almost all bodies of water, except rivers and streams, according to Michael Paterson with IISD Experimental Lakes Area. The institute has a collection of more than 30,000 samples of zooplankton species..."
