The Ripple Effect: IISD Experimental Lakes Area Annual Report 2024–2025
This year at the world’s freshwater laboratory, we turned big science into even bigger action.
From tracking microplastics through entire ecosystems to sending our team to the United Nations to shake up global policy, we’re making sure our data actually changes the world.
We also went even more high tech, using artificial intelligence to predict lake thaws with crazy accuracy, while our oil-sniffing dogs proved they’re 100% reliable at detecting oil spills when they happen. From Indigenous partnerships to an upcoming ribbon cutting on the next Centre for Climate and Lake Learning, we’re not just studying the future of water. We are building it.
The ripple effect is just getting started...
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