MANHATTAN — Along with a warming climate and intensified human activities, recent water storage in global landlocked basins has undergone a widespread decline. A new study reveals this decline has aggravated local water stress and caused potential sea level rise
OTTAWA – At a special ceremony today, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will strengthen the country’s commitment to managing its freshwater resources in a time of rapid climate change.
GIWS researchers receive funding for leading-edge projects to reduce environmental impacts in the agriculture sector.
The United States (U.S.) fresh groundwater supply is smaller than originally thought due to stresses to these critical resources from both the top down and the bottom up, says a University of Saskatchewan-led research study involving colleagues in Arizona and California.
The professor with the School of Environment and Sustainability and associate director of the Global Institute for Water Security was presented with the university's highest honour for faculty research at Fall Convocation.
Ric Janowicz (1953-2018), the Yukon’s only resident hydrologist, spent more than three decades studying the territory’s waterways to learn more about the environment and keep Yukoners safe from flooding. He died on May 23. He was 65.
An article in the research journal Nature by the incoming executive director of the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) reveals the dramatic impact of climate change and human activities on the availability of freshwater around the globe.
World-leading U.S. water scientist recruited to U of S Canada 150 Research Chair
Changing Cold Regions Network ends five-year study
Written for The Conversation by GIWS Visiting Professor Andrew Slaughter
