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Relying on stormwater management (SWM) ponds to restore the depleting wetlands is not sustainable and lacks the critical ecosystem services vital for biodiversity, a new study found.

With the continued losses of wetlands projected in the near future and emphasis on the underestimation of provincial wetland loss, the study captures the contributions of SWM ponds in a changing network of water bodies and the effects of land use and land cover in this change. 

Political scientist Daniel Henstra speaks to AMO on how Ontario municipalities can prepare for climate impacts

By Jon Parsons, University Relations

Climate change is such a huge issue that it can be difficult to even know where to start.

It involves sophisticated science and mountains of data, as well as social, political and economic implications that intersect with various academic disciplines.

But for Daniel Henstra, a professor in the Department of Political Science and the co-lead of Waterloo’s Climate Risk Research Group, climate change is an immediate and practical matter.

The Canadian environmental organization Pollution Probe has recently released a new report, Mapping Phosphorus Flows in the Ontario Economy: Exploring Nutrient Recovery and Reuse Opportunities in a Provincial Context, produced in collaboration with academic experts from the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute, Université Laval and McGill University.

Simron Singh, Water Institute member and professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development has recently been elected as Executive Secretary of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), as well as the Co-Chair of the Risk-KAN, the Knowledge-Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events.

Scientists from the University of Waterloo have developed a map showing which regions and population centres of Western Canada are likely to experience earthquakes induced by underground energy extraction.

A recent study by Water Institute member Margaret Insley, professor, Department of Economics, and Waterloo alumna Sara Aghakazemjourabbaf, has been featured in “Science for Environment Policy” by the European Commission, a publication designed to help policymakers stay up to date with the latest environmental research findings needed to develop effective policies.

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A new study led from the University of Waterloo discovered greenhouse gas production is significantly less when biobased residues like compost replaces widely used nitrogen fertilizer during spring freeze-thaw events in cold temperate regions.

This article was originally published on the Faculty of Engineering's news site.

A Water Institute member is in the running in a national contest designed to showcase striking images captured by researchers.

Zhao Pan, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, is co-creator of one of 20 images in the finals of the 2022 edition of Science Exposed, a contest organized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

This article originally published by the Daily Bulletin.

Water Institute member and Mathematics professor Anita Layton is among the six newest members of the Canadian Mathematical Society Fellows.

This article was originally published on the Faculty of Science's website.

Past and present members of the Department of Biology are saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Colin Ivor Mayfield. He was with the University of Waterloo for more than three decades. Mayfield was one of Biology's pioneering faculty who helped establish microbiology as a strength of the University of Waterloo.