Browsing University of Waterloo by Type "Conference Poster"
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Influence of dynamic river stage on the vulnerability of water wells and structure foundations in cold regions
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Groundwater is important for people in Northern Canada, yet the groundwater protection protocols and water well vulnerability assessments designed for other warmer regions of Canada may not be applicable to communities in ... -
Investigating drivers of microplastic pollution in urban settings
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-30)As one of the emerging contaminants and the major by-products of plastic materials, microplastics (MPs) have recently been stated as being remarkable contaminants of different environmental matrices including soils, ... -
Landfill cover soils: variable moisture and temperature effects on methane oxidation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Landfills are one of the largest anthropogenic sources of methane (CH4), comprising over 20% of Canada’s CH4 emissions. Hot-spots of CH4 emissions in landfill cover soils have shown an enrichment of microbes that consume ... -
Learning about Ontario's Paleozoic Geology with Virtual Reality Google Expedition Tours
(2020-02)How well can you interpret or place into context the different geological features or rock types that are exposed along roadways, rivers, coastlines or construction sites? Here in the Department of Earth and Environmental ... -
Legacy Phosphorus Across Canada: Insights from a 60-Year Dataset
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Human activities over decades of agriculture and urbanization have altered phosphorus (P) cycling, posing a threat to water quality and ecosystem function. Algal blooms have become a pervasive problem in both small and ... -
Microplastics pollution: what can we learn from stormwater pond sediments?
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-14)In urban watersheds, stormwater runoff is a major carrier of microplastics to downstream water bodies, which are collected in stormwater ponds (SWPs). As expected, recent studies have reported high microplastics retention ... -
Modelling reduction and enrichment effects of urban stormwater best management practices on phosphorus at the watershed scale
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-18)A variety of best management practices (BMPs) are being implemented to attenuate the increasing eutrophication risk caused by excessive phosphorus (P) export via urban stormwater runoff. However, P reduction performance ... -
Monitoring lake ice phenology from CYGNSS: Algorithm development and assessment using Qinghai Lake, Tibet Plateau, as a case study
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-14)This study introduces the first use of Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) for monitoring lake ice phenology. This is demonstrated using Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau, as a case study. Signal-to-Noise ... -
Pan-Canadian Hydro-Economic Model to Study the Economy-Wide Impacts of Climate Change and Water Markets as a Coping Mechanism
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-13)Canada’s economic development and long-term sustainability require having access to water in adequate quantity and acceptable quality. Despite Canada being abundant on water resources, assessing the effect of future water ... -
PDF Accessibility: Considerations and Best Practices for Learning Objects and Other Library Materials
(University of Waterloo Library, 2022-03-30)Despite concerns raised about accessibility compliance, libraries and vendors still commonly create and use PDFs for information sharing and information literacy instruction, a trend heightened by the recent increase in ... -
A phosphorus mass-balance model for the Lake St. Clair-Lake Erie system: How important is in-lake phosphorus loading?
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-14)Management of eutrophication in lakes usually focuses on reducing external phosphorus (P) loads. However, several in-lake mechanisms can add significant amounts of new and recycled P to the water column, hence, contributing ... -
Phosphorus retention in a bioretention cell: Insights from process-based modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-23)Bioretention cells (BRCs) have emerged as one of the Green Infrastructure and low impact development (LID) practices to reduce peak discharge and nutrient export in urban areas. Despite growing implementation globally, ... -
Predatory Publishing: Hidden Pitfalls with High Costs
(2018)What is a Predatory Publisher: With little or no actual services or scholarly review being performed the sole purpose of these publishers is to make money through fraudulently charging authors fees, often guised as processing ... -
Public Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvements in the Great Lakes Basin Before and During Covid-19
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Economic valuation of water quality improvements is an essential input to inform policy and decision-making towards sustainable watershed management. The economic values provide important insight in the wide variety of ... -
Quantitative insights into phosphorus loadings and speciation in urban catchments
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-16)Phosphorus (P) loadings in stormwater runoff drained from urban landscapes causes eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems downstream of urban areas. Many recent research have addressed urban P dynamics to improve understanding ... -
The Reproductive Effects of Municipal Wastewater Effluents
(University of Guelph, 2017-03-01)There is a growing concern that pharmaceuticals and other chemicals present in the effluents (sewage discharged into a river) from municipal wastewater treatment plants enter the aquatic environment, where they may affect ... -
Research Data Management (RDM) Needs of Science and Engineering Researchers: A View from Canada
(2016-06-02)Understanding researcher behaviour and workflow is instrumental to developing reflective service. With changes in funding requirements around sharing, preservation and the submission of a data management plan potentially ... -
The Role of Lake Physical Variables and Atmospheric Forcings on the Change in Algal Biomass in North American Great Lakes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)The perceived rise in algal biomass/bloom trends globally is assumed to be a result of climate change, however the assessment of interactions with atmospheric forcings are often limited to lab/mesocosm experiments and ... -
Salinization enhances eutrophication symptoms in a cold temperate urban lake
(Elsevier, 2022-11-10)Salinization of inland freshwaters is observed around the world, but particularly in cold temperate regions due to the runoff of salt applied on roads as de-icing agents during the winter. This is the case for Lake Wilcox, ... -
Salinization increases eutrophication symptoms in freshwater urban lakes of North America
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05)The acceleration of global urbanization continues to fuel concerns surrounding water quality impairments in urban lakes, particularly their eutrophication. Eutrophication of freshwater environments is generally assumed to ...