On the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, people aboard two boats, one carrying American Autoworkers and the other carrying Canadian Autoworkers held a wake to represent the death of the Detroit River due to pollution. Today, members of the autoworkers' unions on both sides of the border ar
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This year's Graduate Showcase was a huge success.
An awards ceremony was held after this year's Graduate Showcase. The donor-sponsored awards are given to graduate students in various disciplines who met the criterias. GLIER director, Dr. McKay proudly giving these awards out to the following students below.
Please join us for the GLIER Graduate Showcase 2025 on April 4, 2025, starting at noon with a special podcast workshop with CBC journalist and podcaster Allison Devereaux.
As ice thaws on Lake Erie, sediment is re-suspended and phytoplankton change, reflected in the swirling patterns and colours in NASA Earth Observatory's Image of the Day. This image was taken on Marc
From a stunning image of Lake Erie on March 10, 2025 taken with the
Common Tern populations have declined greatly over the past few decades mainly due to habitat loss, human and natural factors such as predation and an increase in the ring-billed gull population. Efforts have been made to increase the tern breeding population locally, including building sui
In costrast to recent years seeing record low ice levels on Lake Erie, this year Lake Erie has 95% ice cover. Dr.
Through his work with the Canadian and U.S. Coast Guards, Dr.