In a first for Ontario, Alderville First Nation has granted Rice Lake legal personhood. “We’ve always seen the lake as a mother, a provider," says Chief Taynar Simpson. "As a family member.”
peterboroughcurrents.ca/environment/...
In a first for Ontario, Alderville First Nation has granted Rice Lake legal personhood. “We’ve always seen the lake as a mother, a provider," says Chief Taynar Simpson. "As a family member.”
peterboroughcurrents.ca/environment/...
When my colleagues and I recently sequenced DNA from Lake Erie water, we found new types of microcystins, the notorious toxins that were responsible for contaminating Toledo’s drinking water supply in 2014. We also found saxitoxin, a neurotoxin that is known for causing paralytic shellfish poisoning
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“Better understanding the problem” is a little like the dinosaurs better understanding the meteor.
Winter cyanobacteria blooms aren’t a mystery. They’re a consequence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasty_w...
03.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0#overshoot
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Fluffy grey bird with black ribbon across eyes perched on branches in winter.
Northern Shrike all cuteness and fluff plots the murder of smaller birds at the feeders.
#predatorbirds
Surrounded by leaves and away from the shoreline a great blue heron hunts for chipmunks. Neck and head only are visible.
Great blue stealth #longnecks
04.02.2026 12:33 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1Not true, you guys are awesome - we just hate him (& them) 🇨🇦
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She’s back!
25.01.2026 21:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s not you, it’s him! We see you 😘 🇨🇦
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Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Your 'doom quote' for today:
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma...
Head up Canada!
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Events like this and coral reef die offs reveal a harder truth: our ability to control ocean conditions or protect marine life at scale are an illusion.
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Polycyclic aromatic compounds in freshwater ecosystems following non-invasive remediation of controlled diluted bitumen spills: The freshwater oil spill remediation study (FOReSt) at the Experimental Lakes Area, Canada
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Floating WETLANDS
'Artificial or constructed floating wetlands involve planting wetland vegetation on floating rafts, mimicking a natural ecosystem that removes nutrients, sediments and other pollutants from the host water body.'
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Cartoon of PM Carney walking away from a juvenile Premier Smith playing with a new “Pipeline” toy set. Carney has a thought bubble coming from him that says “now that’s what I call parenting”
So to sum up today…
#abpoli #ableg #canpoli #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Manmade floating wetlands provide natural pre-treatment mailchi.mp/biomatrixwat...
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In 2024, we worked with our volunteers and partners to install two ‘Floating Treatment Wetlands’ in Gallions Lake, Thamesmead, south-east London on this SYMBIOREM project. ©RichardHeald ⬇️
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A floating treatment wetland in the same shape and similar height of a nesting platform (slightly taller)
Two wetland treatment islands placed on a lake
person placing a wetland treatment island
"If it walks like a duck..." - these "look" like loon nesting platforms.
Could floating treatment wetlands be a functioning loon breeding platform AND help improve a lake's water quality? Food for thought
Floating Treatment Wetlands: https://buff.ly/42uchDQ
#wwd2025 #birds #wetlands #habitat
Floating Wetlands Offer Cost-Effective Nature-Based Water Treatment
->Newswise | #Wetland #Water | More from BigEarthData.ai
💧 Spotted in the field: #Beemats floating treatment #wetlands hard at work in a #stormwaterpond!
These floating islands aren’t just pretty - they’re powerhouse tools for improving #waterquality. By taking up excess nutrients like #nitrogen and #phosphorus, they ...🧵
We’re getting so close! Our community is one step closer to putting floating treatment wetlands out on the landscape. 🌿🌰#floatingtreatmentwetlands #ecologicalrestoration
29.04.2025 03:16 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Artificial floating wetlands offer cost-effective, nature-based water treatment
phys.org/news/2025-10... via @physorg_com
This is an interesting piece of fact-checking on the tanker ban and arguments made on both sides (including by Andrew Scheer) of the issue.
Thoughts?
thehub.ca/2025/11/25/f...
Comparison between American emergent macrophytes and Pontederia crassipes (water hyacinth) as nature-based solutions for nutrient phytoremediation and cyanobacteria mitigation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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These folks are in new Brunswick. Best of luck. ❤️🩹
www.rpc.ca/cyanobacteria
