IISD Experimental Lakes Area

Freshwater research. Whole-ecosystem experiments. Watersheds. Forests. Scientists. Students. Community. Fish. Oh, and lakes. 🇨🇦 @IISD_News is home.

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Nothing toxic about this toxicology team*

(*except the toxicants they study, obvy)

Enter into their world of cleaning products, snails, and heavy metal... 🎸🎸🎸

(... and learn more about QACs here https://t.co/6YNRg19mxW)

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Fall skies above. Spring on the horizon.

Our new Centre for Climate and Lake Learning is taking shape, as we ready ourselves to cut the ribbon this spring.

Learn more and help make northwestern Ontario's new home for science education a reality...

https://t.co/sHZDHX947t

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Want to discover what Canadians have to say about their fresh water?

(Spoiler alert: it's a lot...)

We teamed up with AquaAction to ask Canadians how they feel about where fresh water is headed and are announcing the results on October 13.

Be there! https://t.co/x0Ztr4dt6s

[Canada Water Agency @WaterAgencyCAN]

💧 Help make a difference!

Have a project idea to address nutrient pollution in the basin? Funding will soon be available to improve freshwater quality and ecosystem health in Lake of the Woods.

📅 Applications open soon! Follow for updates.

[IISD @IISD_news]

We’ll be at Adaptation Canada this week!

Join us September 22–24 to hear from our experts about our work on climate adaptation in Canada.

If you’re attending, drop by and say hello!

📍 Find us at Booth 43

#AdaptationCanada

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Can you feel the chemistry (& analytical service laboratory tour) between us?

After we head out on to the lakes, the water samples we collect are brought back to our on-site chemistry lab.

Discover the analyses they undergo, as well as the characters they meet along the way...

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Taking a page out of memory lane while mixing our metaphors this sunny Tuesday morning.

This is what our X presence equated to in 1997 and 2000.

Five limno-points for spotting our current head scientist rocking an emo slick… 🤘

[Canada Water Agency @WaterAgencyCAN]

📢 Public engagement for a National Water Security Strategy is now open! Help inform the development of the Strategy by sharing your perspectives.

🌊 Take the survey: https://t.co/ovVrw0tOS1

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Remember when Scott Higgins broke down all things algal blooms to his grade four student son, Simon?

This time, follow along with Yohann Ibe—a high school student—as he discovers what algal blooms mean for him and his community.

Then SHARE with the high schoolers in your life.

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

DYK you can actually come check out our research station in person?

Or join a field course?

Or invite us into your classroom or community to discover more about the work we do?

We sitting at our laptops right now, patiently awaiting your emails... [email protected]

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Less plastic waste ⬇️ More renewables ⬆️ 150 cups saved 🥤

This is how our partnership with Sam's Place in Winnipeg and Muuse to increase reusable foodware is taking flight...

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

...but they can be difficult to grasp depending on how much you understand about ecology and science.

That is why I set myself the task of explaining them to a grade four student—my son, in fact.

How do you think I did? (2/2)

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Hi there, and happy #WorldLakeDay...

My name is Scott Higgins and I am a freshwater scientist here at IISD-ELA—the world's freshwater laboratory.

Algal blooms plague our freshwater supplies around the world... (1/2)

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

How do we build more natural infrastructure solutions in Manitoba and across Canada?

Dimple Roy takes to the Winnipeg Free Press this #WorldWaterWeek to explain what we need to do now...

https://t.co/TzGA7w6vKt

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Happy World Water Week to all who celebrate 💧

Join us on Thursday for an online gathering to celebrate all things healthy lakes...

https://t.co/JXZoKMsJff

[Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences @cjfas]

Which fish tissues can you find #microplastics in following long-term exposure?

In Contaminants, Environment, and Society: Covernton et al. examined ingestion and translocation in yellow perch from an in-lake mesocosm study at @IISD_ELA https://t.co/3xoak7b8re

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Hydrology. Limnology. Meteorology.

Our cannily named hydrolim team monitors the ongoing health and state of our lakes throughout the year so that we can keep a close eye on how our lakes are changing.

And why.

And what we need to do about it.

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Sittin' right on top of the world...

(more specifically, our new Centre for Climate and Lake Learning...)

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

"Whenever I tell people my work involves monitoring lakes over decades, the response is often a polite yet firm nod, implicitly signalling that routine data collection must be a bit, well, boring."

@GerrardPauline makes the case for The National Observer

https://t.co/81i0jgF3pS

[Greg Rickford @GregRickford]

The IISD-Experimental Lakes Area is a facility without comparison in Northwestern Ontario, and the world over.

With a clear vision to enhance capacity for scientific research, education and the ability to host scientists from around the world, we announced $2M in funding from the NOHFC towards the construction of the Centre for Climate and Lake Learning.

Today is a testament to the historic friendships and partnerships between our government and IISD-ELA, built on our shared belief in the world-class facility we have to learn and live science, right here in Northwestern Ontario.