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Experimental Lakes Solving Mercury Puzzles	Central and Arctic 01/04/2006
What happens within lakes as human activities contaminate them, disrupt their surroundings, or otherwise change their environment?

Fighting Sea Lampreys with Science	Central and Arctic 16/02/2007
Slithering in from the Atlantic Ocean via shipping channels, eel-like creatures with suction-cup, bloodsucking mouths disrupt the Great Lakes ecosystem and decimate fish stocks on which thousands of people depend.

Mussel Power in the Ausable River	Central and Arctic 16/04/2007
Consider the lowly freshwater mussel. It leads a quiet life, hunkered down in the mud. Its day is spent eating microscopic goodies and excreting waste.

Tracking Walrus by their Tusks	Central and Arctic 07/05/2007
In the Canadian Arctic's vast maze of islands and ice, you want to figure out the migrations and biology of an unknown number of walrus.

Great Lakes: Bay of Quinte holds ecosystem lessons	Central and Arctic 09/08/2007
The Bay of Quinte, a zigzagging 100-kilometre embayment near Trenton and other Lake Ontario towns, is easy to love for its scenery, fishing and boating, wetlands, and semi-rural character.

How Will Freshwater Aquaculture Affect Lakes?	Central and Arctic 27/09/2007
As freshwater aquaculture grows, what effects might it have on Canada's lakes?

Hydrography in Canada's Central and Arctic Region	Central and Arctic 07/01/2008
A recent news story reported that Lake Superior's water levels are approaching the lowest point recorded since 1926.

The Mackenzie valley pipeline: researching the impacts	Central and Arctic 28/01/2008
The biggest construction project ever proposed for Canada's Arctic has called forth the largest northern research effort for many decades, with researchers from the Arctic Aquatic Research Division (AARD) at the Freshwater Institute (FWI) in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the thick of the action.