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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

AquaHacking 2018 information session

Join us on April 3, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in RCH 306 for food, drinks and information about AquaHacking 2018. Meet last year's winners, learn about the competition and this year's format, and meet like-minded individuals. 

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Christine Dow
Thursday, March 8, 2018

Exploring glaciers to understand climate change

Glaciers can warn us about the looming dangers of climate change, but it takes a multidisciplinary scientist (with a warm jacket) to interpret the message.

Christine making Maria LaughGlaciers may have the reputation of moving slowly, but deep below them, unseen by humans, things are moving more quickly every day. Global warming is melting our glaciers, creating streams of icy water and slush below the surface. If this water spreads out, it can lubricate the ice above it and cause the glaciers to flow faster. While this melt and the resulting glacier flow tells scientists how fast our climate is changing, it’s up to a new breed of scientist to tell us how fast we need to act. 

Maria Strack
Friday, March 9, 2018

Restoring peatlands to help fight climate change

One of Canada’s greatest natural resources doesn’t need mining or refining, it just needs researchers to help us leave it alone.

Maria Strack
The true north strong and free. It’s a well-worn phrase evoking soaring mountains, verdant forests, rocky coasts and golden plains. But Canada also has a massive wet, marshy, boggy, ignored landscape known as peatlands. They may not have made it into our national anthem, but according to Water Institute member and professor in Waterloo's Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Maria Strack, they could be one of Canada’s secret weapon to fight climate change.  

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Canada's forests vital to our national drinking water security

Water Institute member explains how and why during 40th annual Forest Industry  Lecture

Monica EmelkoOn November 2, 2017, Waterloo Engineering professor and Water Institute member, Monica Emelko, delivered the 40th annual Forest Industry Lecture at the University of Alberta, "Strategic Importance of Canada’s Forests in National Drinking Water Security." The lecture is now available online (see bel

Friday, March 23, 2018 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

2018 Darcy Lecture: Prof. Masaki Hayashi

Alpine Hydrogeology: The Critical Role of Groundwater in Sourcing the Headwaters of the World

Professor Masaki Hayashi
Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Canada Research Chair in Physical Hydrology

Everyone welcome - refreshments served.

Thursday, March 8, 2018 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Wetland Water Storage: Drivers and Functions at Varying Spatial Scales

Daniel McLaughlin, an assistant professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, will be presenting a WaterTalk on "Wetland Water Storage: Drivers and Functions at Varying Spatial Scales."

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Monday, June 4, 2018 8:01 am - Saturday, June 9, 2018 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Principles of Hydrologic Modelling - short course

This course addresses the development of computational models of watershed hydrology in support of water resources management and scientific investigation. The full model development and application cycle is considered: pre-processing, understanding, and generating input forcing data; system discretization and algorithms for simulating hydrologic processes; parameter estimation; and interpreting model output in the context of often significant system uncertainty.