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 Mantoulin Expositor | March 29, 2018
"The IISD Experimental Lakes Area has raised concerns about the survival of cold water fish species. For example, there could potentially be a 30-40 percent drop in suitable habitat for lake trout. We are likely to see more warm water species like smallmouth bass migrating north."
IISD-ELA in the News | Le magazine du Monde | March 29, 2018
"Depuis 1968, des chercheurs mènent toutes sortes d’expérience pour évaluer les effets de la pollution sur la vie aquatique sur 58 lacs de l’Ontario. Leurs travaux ont conduit à l’adoption de mesures contre les engrais phosphorés, les pluies acides ou le mercure."
IISD-ELA in the News | Kenora Online | March 28, 2018
"Researchers and scientists with the International Institute for Sustainable Development – Experimental Lakes Area are planning simulated oil spills in northwestern Ontario this summer. The experiments will cost between $4 and $4.5 million, which will be funded by the government as well as private sources."
IISD-ELA in the News | The Sarnia Observer | March 26, 2018
"Kidd started out as a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Winnipeg, and at the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario where she carried out a whole lake experiment with synthetic estrogen used in the birth control pill to understand how it impacts fish and the food web of the lake."
IISD-ELA in the News | CBC Ottawa | March 16, 2018
Jules Blais of the University of Ottawa speaks to CBC Ottawa's All in a Day with Alan Neal about upcoming research into the impacts of oil spills on fresh water at IISD Experimental Lakes Area.
