Science Features & Media

2026

Putting Green Roofs to the Test in Saskatoon’s Climate

Global Institute for Water Security, April 21, 2026

Take 5: Five ways USask researchers are working with the UN to reverse climate change

USask , April 17, 2026

Heavy snowpack in Rockies could reduce drought, wildfire risk in N.W.T. this summer, experts say

CBC News, April 16, 2026

What does this late season snowfall mean for Calgary’s spring? | Watch News Videos Online

Global News, April 16, 2026

Opioids and other drugs accumulating in freshwater fish

Waterloo News, April 16, 2026

International Association of Cryospheric Science (IACS) Newsletter

Cryospheric Sciences, April 2026

At higher elevations in Banff, snowpack is 'truly extraordinary'

Rocky Mountain Outlook, April 9, 2026

Mobile ice observatory prowls Great Bear lake for 2025-26 winter

Yellowknifer, April 7, 2026

Alberta spring snowfall has some farmers rejoicing

CityNews Calgary, April 7, 2026

How will the snowpack affect rivers this spring?

CBC Radio, April 1, 2026

Snowpack 'remarkable' in some parts of Alberta's Rockies

Calgary Herald, March 30, 2026

Canada's Water Future: Climate Change, Water Security, and Sustainable Management

TheFutureEconomy.ca, March 23, 2026

Swimming in lakes on borrowed time

TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan, Helen Baulch, February 2026

Water quality issues are widespread across Canada. A recent talk presented at a University of Saskatchewan TEDx event by Dr Helen Baulch brings this home on both personal and scientific levels. GWFO instrumented sites help us understand changing water quality:  Dr. Baulch’s work at the Buffalo Pound observatory has helped us understand changing water quality risks and foster adaptation of water treatment to risks of poor water quality. Watch Video

Dr. Dave Rudolph shares his groundwater expertise on low water levels and regional water capacity challenges - listen from 26:15

The Mike Farwell Show, February 23, 2026

A sleeping giant: A massive layer of water under the ground is key to Waterloo Region’s future

Waterloo Region Record, February 18, 2026

Eye in the sky: Using drones for efficient and effective research

USask News, February 2, 2026

Which city got the most snowfall and where does it all go?

CBC Kids News, January 27, 2026

Students Gain Hands-On Research and Cultural Experience in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

U of Waterloo Ecohydrology Research Group News, January 15, 2026

How will record-breaking warm weather affect Saskatchewan farmland?

CTV News, January 14, 2026

Heavy snowfall in Alberta Rockies will help break cycle of winter droughts, experts say

Global News, January 9, 2026

Banff, Kananaskis snowpack 'exceptionally high' in December - Scientist says significant snowfall will recharge groundwater, soil moisture, ponds, wetlands and lakes when it melts

Rocky Mountain Outlook, Janaury 5, 2026

 

2025

Cool, Clear Water - The Future of Water in the West

Canadian Cowboy Country, December 2025

Canadians value freshwater but few feel well informed, new survey shows

Water Canada, December 1, 2025

Tipsy 'drunken trees' in Canada's North are a sign of our warming climate

Quirks and Quarks, November 21, 2025

Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests

The Guardian, November 2025

VIDEO: Nova Scotians look to alternative water sources as drought drags on

CBC News, October 24, 2025

'Exceptionally dry:' Little relief in drought conditions facing Calgary area, says top scientist

Calgary Herald, October 24, 2025

Protecting lakes for future generations: USask researcher focuses on water quality

USask News, October 23, 2025

Warmer weather is leading to vanishing winters in North America’s Great Lakes

The Conversation, October 16, 2025

Integrating technology and collaborative monitoring in the Western Lake Erie Basin

IAGLR Lakes Letter, Fall 2025

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In a bone-dry summer, normally parched southern Alberta has been soaked

CBC News, August 21, 2025

Under the waterline: global threats to our freshwater ecosystems

UN Today, July-August, 2025

Global Action Urged to Preserve Glaciers - and Humanity - at High-Level Dushanbe Conference

Global Water Futures News, June 4, 2025

Researchers Launch from Cobourg to Study the Great Lakes

Todays Northumberland, April 4, 2025 

Opinion: Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss

South China Morning Post, March 22, 2025

Trump's musings on 'very large faucet' in Canada part of looming water crisis, say researchers

CBC News, Feburary 18, 2025

Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park 'may not last the decade'

Rocky Mountain Outlook, January 25, 2025