A strong partnership between University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Helen Baulch (PhD) and the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant is bringing cutting-edge monitoring equipment to Saskatchewan to advance lake science and safeguard drinking water for 260,000 people.
Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) has been ringing the alarm bells about climate change in Canada for the past 25 years, since he was a scientist with Environment Canada. Despite all of his work, substantial changes have not come about.
Warrick Baijius became interested in learning more about water insecurity after visiting a small community in the cloud forests of Peru
A Global Water Futures researcher has been named to Clarivate’s 2021 Highly-Cited Researchers list. Researcher honoured on this list has published multiple academic papers that rank in the top 1% of citations in his field that year from the global Web of Science.
The Canadian Hydrological Model, developed by USask researchers, selected as a finalist for the 2021 STIC project awards.
University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Arts and Science professor Dr. Raymond Spiteri (PhD) is the recipient of the 2021 Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership.
Global Water Futures artist-in-residence Gennadiy Ivanov presents his work at the Cryosphere Pavillion at COP26
An art exhibition and a talk from Global Water Futures at the festival
Scientists are studying ways for plants and their associated microbes to clean up wastewater from oil sands operations.
Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo professor and GWF Researcher, was elected as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellow.
James S. McDonnell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and researcher with Global Water Futures Marysa Laguë (PhD) awarded James R. Holton Award by the American Geophysical Union.
GWF Director John Pomeroy named the 2021 Walter Langbein Lecturer by the American Geophysical Union.
More water lies within the Earth’s continental crust than previously thought, according to new estimates published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, which indicates the planet’s land mass groundwater is the largest store of water in any form, larger than ice sheets.
As farmers adopt high-tech irrigation systems to manage water use for economic, conservation, and environmental reasons, University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers suggest policymakers should enact measures to curb an “agricultural rebound phenomenon” that increases water demand over time.
As the world continues to grapple with extreme weather events linked to climate change, an award-winning University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student is focused on improving human understanding of agricultural drainage and climate change on streamflow in the Canadian Prairies.
Two timely new courses to be offered at the University of Saskatchewan this fall will address environmental and sustainability issues of global importance.
Yusof Ghiasi, PhD student at the University of Waterloo, developed the first and only online platform dedicated to sharing ideas, news, and reviews on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reflectometry.
Researchers with Global Water Futures have led the production of the Water Resources chapter in Natural Resource Canada's National Issues Report.
If no changes are made to the rate of global greenhouse gas emissions, storms that used to occur every 20 years on average will instead occur every seven by the end of the century.
Ohneganos: Let's Talk Water is a youth-led vodcast focused on sharing Traditional Ecological Knowledge, discussing current events, and talking about Ohneganos research
University of Saskatchewan (USask) faculty members are among the collaborators on a new initiative that encourages children and youth to go outside and learn more about the natural world around them.
For the first time, researchers have mapped groundwater circulation up to five kilometres below the surface—one of the first attempts to document the deepest parts of the hydrologic cycle.
A team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask), and others from around the world, are partnering with artists to launch a new online exhibit of art and science that aims to inspire and inform about water issues globally.
Saskatoon residents now have access to the results of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, thanks to a partnership between University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers, the City of Saskatoon and the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
SASKATOON – A multidisciplinary research team including GWF researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) have been awarded $289,000 for a project to develop water security solutions that contribute to enhanced gender equity in the West African nations of Ghana and Senegal, where women and girls are hit hardest by impacts of climate change.
Scientists have developed a way to predict the depth and movement of snowpacks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains which will provide valuable information on spring runoff, risk of flooding, avalanche danger, and the impact of climate change.
SASKATOON – A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has been awarded $137,392 from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to conduct a six-month COVID-19 wastewater surveillance project in Saskatoon and at five Saskatchewan First Nations communities to provide early warning of outbreaks.
The city of Fort McMurray, Alta., which has a lengthy history of flooding, is among communities adjacent to northern rivers across Canada that regularly confront the expensive problem caused by ice jams during spring ice breakup, or even at freeze-up or mid-winter breakup.
Imagine a Canada without glaciers.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is seeking discussion paper feedback and participation in national and regional virtual discussion forums
