David Schindler, Canada’s Freshwater in the 21st Century, 2014
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Channel: uwaterloo · 2014 · Education
Freshwater is widely recognized as the most pressing environmental issue of the coming century, as roughly 2 billion humans suffer from scarcity of water for drinking or sanitation. Despite its abundance of freshwater, Canada is experiencing great pressure on both its quality and quantity. Despite impending problems, the Canadian government is deemphasizing freshwater research, both in its funding for university research and its support for federal departments with a freshwater mandate. This lecture describe some of the current threats to Canadian water, and outlines what we must do to solve them. June 18, 2014 -- Water Institute Lecture Series and Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series Dr. David W. Schindler, Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta, retired.
