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Sept. 3, 2020

WHAT'S NEW

Proposal to extend the current moratorium on water bottling permits Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) The MECP is proposing to amend Ontario Regulation 463/16 to extend the moratorium for six months, ending April 1, 2021. Deadline to submit comments is Sept. 27, 2020. Provide your feedback on how Ontario should implement its proposed enhancements to the water taking program. READ MORE

IN THE MEDIA

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Climate Risk Institute named to conduct Ontario’s first climate change impact assessment The Manitoulin Expositor The Ontario government has selected a consulting team led by the Climate Risk Institute (CRI) to conduct the province’s first ever climate change impact assessment, the province announced recently. The study will use the best science and information to better understand where and how climate change is likely to affect communities, critical infrastructure, economies and the natural environment while helping to strengthen the province’s resilience to the impacts of climate change. READ MORE

The wilds of one Lake Ontario bay reveal how coastal habitats suffer from a changing climate and human choices Pulitzer Center Lake Ontario is more swamp than mighty Great Lake at the edge of Braddock Bay, where 15-foot cattails rustle in the breeze. The wetland is thick with the giant invasive plants. They stretch from the coastal forest into the bay, obscuring the view of the choppy open water beyond the peninsula that shields the calm inlet. Somewhere among the cattails is wetland scientist Rachel Schultz, tromping through the soupy muck in knee-high wading boots. READ MORE

Canada announces $10 million core funding to tackle world water crisis News-Medical Canada recently announced a $10 million extension of core funding through 2025 for the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, a research organization at the forefront of pressing global water challenges. Hosted by McMaster University, UNU-INWEH has contributed important insights on world water issues, including water-borne diseases and how to meet the expected large increase in global water demand — almost 50 per cent by 2030 — a need impossible to meet as conventional water sources diminish and if current ways of doing business prevail. READ MORE

Climate change is causing more rain in the North. That’s bad news for permafrost SaultOnline.com Longer, rainier summers are thawing permafrost at an accelerated rate in interior Alaska, according to a new study, begging the question: what does this mean for rainy summers in the Canadian North? “Thawing is happening even faster than we thought,” said Thomas Douglas, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and lead author of the study. READ MORE

Largest-ever study of glacial lakes shows dramatic increases in volume since 1990 University of Calgary Glaciers are retreating on a near-global scale. It takes only a short drive from Calgary up to the Athabasca Glacier in the Columbia Icefields to see an example of the changing landscape apparent within our lifetime. A new study led by Dr. Dan Shugar, PhD, with collaborators from governments and universities in Canada, the United States and United Kingdom, uses satellite data from NASA and Google Earth Engine to analyze all of the world’s glacial lakes. READ MORE

Meteorite study suggests Earth may have always been wet Washington University in St. Louis A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings published recently in Science suggest that Earth may have always been wet. READ MORE

Meteorite crater discovered while drilling for gold in outback WA estimated to be 100 million years old ABC News Geologists say they have discovered a large meteorite crater in outback Western Australia, which could be up to five times bigger than the famous Wolfe Creek Crater in the state's remote north. The impact crater was located near the historic Goldfields mining town of Ora Banda, north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, while drilling for gold. READ MORE

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