Notes on a Field Season: IISD Experimental Lakes Area Annual Report 2020-2021
This year, the world's freshwater laboratory's annual report brings you a twist on one of our iconic yellow field notebooks.
Take NOTE!
This year, our annual report celebrates our team heading back to the field—to kick off some exciting new research—by offering up one of our classic yellow field notebooks. With a twist.*
Discover whose languages we are speaking, explore how and why we are working with the African Great Lakes, peruse some notes on our field season and—of course—much, much more.
(*The twist is that it's an annual report, by the way...)
You might also be interested in
Northwest Ontario Side Story: IISD Experimental Lakes Area Annual Report 2022-2023
This year's annual report is a celebration of all things creative at the world's freshwater laboratory, from the science to music, photography and theatre.
Freshwater connectivity can transport environmental DNA through the landscape
A new study conducted at IISD-ELA found that the movement of water between freshwater bodies can transport eDNA which complicates the question of how accurately it can be used to monitor species.
Microplastics now pervasive in Great Lakes, with 90% of water samples surpassing safe levels for aquatic wildlife: new studies
Data spanning the last ten years reveal that the Great Lakes basin is widely contaminated with microplastics, with potentially dangerous consequences for the wildlife that live within.
These nearly invisible organisms help clean Lake Tahoe's water. Here's how they do it
Plankton are not just a diabolical mastermind on a Nickelodeon show about a sponge who lives under the sea. Lake Tahoe is filled with them—the good kind. Tahoe native zooplankton are making a comeback in the more than 21-mile long lake, helping it look the clearest it has in 40 years. A comeback because until now, the microorganism's population significantly decreased after it's primary predator, the Mysis shrimp, was on the rise, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.