Warner studies the dynamics of natural, restored, and created wetlands using a variety of ecological and paleoecological indicators. These methods are used to study wetland ecosystems across a variety of spatial scales and temporal scales.
$78 million from the Government of Canada will position the country as a global hub for leading-edge, user-driven water science for the world’s cold regions. The University of ݮƵ’s Water Institute will be a keypartner on the University of Saskatchewan-ledGlobal Water Futures initiative.
Forests, wetlands and grasslands all provide “watershed services” by enhancing water quality and supply, biodiversity and carbon storage. They have economic value but unfortunately their market price is $0, says the executive director of theWater Institute.
The green water of Rio’s outdoor Olympic pools has baffled athletes, organizers and spectators but not ݮƵ BiologistKirsten Müller. She is fairly certain that algae is the culprit.
Although low chlorine levels, minerals and copper can also cause water to look green, it’s the cloudy appearance of the water that suggests the presence of an algal biomass.
Seven full-length videos are now available below that feature many of theguest speakers who presented at theEcohydrology Research Group .
The research group, with support from the Water Institute, held a full-day research symposium on June 16, 2016, featuring coastal ecologists, watershed model developers, and environmental policy researchers from Europe and North America.
ByAmy Geddes,the Water Instituteand Sarah J.Brown, Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change.Thisis the latest in a series of #UWCommunity stories that feature ݮƵ in the community.
Usually, you count yourself lucky to have avoided natural disasters first-hand. ButNature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters, the newest exhibit at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener, intentionally immerses visitors in the natural disaster experience via interactive displays.
Sponsored in part by the University of ݮƵ in a three-way partnership between Community Relations, the Water Institute and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3), visitors of all ages are invited to stand in the eye of a tornado, build a volcano, and move tectonic plates. A dialogue series of public lectures later in the fall, some featuring ݮƵ faculty members, will augment the experience.
In an article published Friday, June 17thin, Rob O'Flanagan, wrote about how the Wellington Water Watchers are putting pressure on the province in an effort to oppose Nestlé Waters Canada (Nestlé)and anapplication for a 10 year extension on their existing permit in Aberfoyle, Ontario along with expansion plans in the Elora area.
Global water issues are becoming increasingly complex and often require a collaborative approach across a breadth of disciplines. To stimulate interdisciplinary water research, on Monday, May 9 the University of ݮƵ’s Water Institute announced it hadawarded six teams a combined total of $112,000 during its most recent winter Seed Grants Program application round.