This unique structure allows IISD-ELA researchers to work with governments, industry and other academic scientists to identify and study new and emerging concerns before they become large-scale environmental problems.
Current Research | Oct 16, 2022
The impact of plastics on aquatic systems is big news and of major concern these days. In 2019, researchers are monitoring a remote lake for microplastics—all with the ultimate goal of manipulating a lake in a few years to discover how lake and its inhabitants respond to microplastics.
Current Research | Mar 4, 2021
We are exploring what happens when venlafaxine, a commonly prescribed anti-depressant, is introduced into freshwater environments.
Current Research | Sep 9, 2020
World-class scientists and researchers from across North America and Africa are putting their heads, and expertise, together to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing the African Great Lakes today.
Current Research | Apr 28, 2020
We are discovering more about the link between the different features of fish habitats and fish productivity.
Current Research | Oct 29, 2019
Is regulating the size of fish harvesting actually resulting in smaller fish?What impact does that have on the fish populations as a whole? And what role is climate change playing?
Current Research, Research | Apr 16, 2019
We are exploring what happens when metformin—a common anti-diabetic drug—and its metabolite are introduced into freshwater environments, and how they impact all levels of the food web, from plants to fish.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
We want to understand how climate change affects carbon loading to boreal lakes, through long-term changes in precipitation and changes in the intensity and duration of storms.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Researchers at IISD Experimental Lakes Area are exploring how we can use mucus to assess the health of fish populations—a measure that would not require sacrificing them.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Our researchers are using hydro-acoustic monitoring to track fish behaviour in IISD Experimental Lakes Area lakes.
Current Research | Dec 16, 2017
Could floating bioplatforms help lakes that are suffering from eutrophication? We have currently testing out that very question.
