News archive - March 2020

Friday, March 13, 2020

Researchers can now investigate the deep ocean without damaging fragile ecosystems

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found an environmentally friendly way to explore life in the depths of the ocean.

Using a new application of a sampling technique called solid phase microextraction (SPME), researchers collected samples from deep-sea vent ecosystems to study the biological and ecological processes that occur there, without damaging the surrounding organisms.

Thursday, March 12, 2020

New framework factors climate risk into financial valuation

by Waterloo News

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Integrated water accounting system for the Great Lakes

Executive Director of the Water Institute and Professor of Economics Roy Brouwer recently presented work on an integrated water accounting system for the Great Lakes to a Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) hosted meeting in Montreal. The accounting framework was presented to workshop participants from government, non-government, academia and the public interested in environmental sustainability within North American industry, including Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the US EPA.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Kirsten Müller to present keynote lecture at World Water Day 2020

The Water Institute is pleased to announce that Kirsten M. Müller, professor from the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo, will deliver a keynote lecture as part of the Institute’s annual World Water Day celebration on March 20, 2020.

Monday, March 9, 2020

Redefining drinking water success in Indigenous communities

Collaborative Water Program (CWP) alumnus Sabrina Bedjera is combining what she learned in the Water Institute-supported program with her passion for water, policy, and social justice.