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Ice near Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal in Siberia
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Big Questions, Few Answers About What Happens Under Lake Ice

by S. E. Hampton, S. M. Powers, S. P. Devlin and D. M. McKnight 6 July 202027 October 2022

Scientists long eschewed studying lakes in winter, expecting that cold temperatures and ice cover limited activity below the surface. Recent findings to the contrary are changing limnologists’ views.

A rocky landscape with short vegetation in the Canadian tundra
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Does a Greening Arctic Affect Groundwater Recharge?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 11 June 202014 March 2023

New research examines how shifts in aboveground ecology influence belowground hydrology in the Arctic.

Tip of a small boat leads into the placid near shore of a forested lake.
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Fieldwork in the Experimental Lakes Area Adapts to COVID-19

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 3 June 202013 March 2023

Though anticipating long days and hard work as a few key crew members do the job of many, researchers heading to the lakes this summer are excited to leave the house.

Scientists unload equipment from a helicopter at a rugged site near Mount Meager in British Columbia.
Posted inScience Updates

Searching for Mount Meager’s Geothermal Heart

by S. E. Grasby and C. Salas 25 February 20205 December 2022

A field expedition into the British Columbia wilderness involving helicopter drops, mountain and landslide traverses, and treacherous ice caves aimed to facilitate geothermal exploration in Canada.

A crew in safety vests uses nets and holding tanks to rescue salmon from the Fraser River
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Remote Landslide Puts Fraser River Salmon on Shaky Ground

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 January 20205 January 2023

An alliance of First Nations, provincial, and federal leaders worked with scientists, engineers, and emergency responders to rescue critical salmon stocks in western Canada.

A ski chairlift sits motionless above bare ground.
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Here’s What Your Favorite Ski Resort May Look Like in 2085

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 9 January 202028 October 2022

Ski seasons at many of North America’s western resorts might melt away by 2085 because of warming temperatures.

The abandoned Giant Mine dominates a forested landscape
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Indigenous Knowledge Puts Industrial Pollution in Perspective

by T. Burke 26 September 201928 February 2023

A 3-year project documents how climate change is affecting the sequestration of decades-old mining by-products in Canadian lakes.

Pyrocumulus cloud photographed in the air
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What Wildfire Smoke Tells Us About Nuclear Winter

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 8 August 201928 February 2022

A cloud of smoke from 2017 Canadian wildfires was so huge that it self-lofted and stayed in the atmosphere for 8 months. Scientists used it as an example for climate simulations of nuclear warfare.

A small rowboat sits on the edge of Lake Sinclair, one of five lakes in north central New Brunswick surveyed for the new study on DDT contamination.
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The Toxic Legacy of DDT Lives On in Remote Canadian Lakes

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 23 July 20199 May 2022

DDT and its breakdown products permeate lake sediments decades after the pesticide was banned.

Rocks of the Saglek Block in Labrador
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When Water Met Rock

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 17 May 201920 June 2024

Geologists discover rocks bearing the earliest known evidence of water interacting with rock on Earth’s surface.

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