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Monday, February 17, 2014

Philippe Van Cappellen and Severin Stojanovic headed to Yichang China to initiate a collaborative project on modelling the Three Gorges Reservoir

Philippe Van Cappellen and PhD student Severin Stojanovic visited the China Three Gorges University (CTGU) in Yichang, Hubei Province to initiate a collaborative research project on developing a predictive model for algal blooms in tributaries of the Three Gorges Reservoir. The collaboration involves researchers from the Ecohydrology Research Group at the University of Waterloo (UW) and from the Environmental Hydraulics group at CTGU. Severin remained in Yichang for the entire week of February 17, while Philippe left for Beijing on February 19.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Helen Powley wins Water Institute scholarship

Congratulations to Helen Powley on being awarded a Water Institute 2013-14 Scholarship. Helen's scholarship is sponsored by Golder Associates. This year 32 applications were submitted and 5 scholarships awarded. Well done Helen! 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Philippe Van Cappellen attends an international workshop on the Three Gorges Reservoir

Philippe Van Cappellen attended the International Workshop on Water Quality Protection and Management of the Three Gorges Reservoir, held on December 17-18, 2013 in Chongqing, China. The workshop brought together specialists from China and Canada working on water quality issues in natural and managed aquatic ecosystems. As part of the workshop he presented an invited talk entitled “Three Gorges Reservoir: Collaborative Research Opportunities”. 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Congratulations to Hans Dürr on Nature publication this week!

A new study on Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters was published in Nature (November 21, 2013) by international colleagues with contributions from Hans Dürr.  
Raymond, P.A., Hartmann, J., Lauerwald, R., Sobek, S., McDonald, C., Hoover, M., Butman, D., Striegl, R., Mayorga, E., Humborg, C., Kortelainen, P., Dürr, H., Meybeck, M., Ciais, P., Guth, P. (2013) Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters. Nature, 503, 355-359. doi:10.1038/nature12760