When is the last time you thought about where your water ends up? The water that flows down the drain in the tub, that runs through the grates on the side of the road, that gets flushed down the toilet—all of it makes its way to treatment plants where it gets processed and cleaned before returning to our waterways. The plant treats incoming water for all types of waste and pollutants, but it’s micropollutants—those chemicals present in tiny amounts that can still cause widespread...
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When is the last time you thought about where your water ends up? The water that flows down the drain in the tub, that runs through the grates on the side of the road, that gets flushed down the toilet—all of it makes its way to treatment plants where it gets processed and cleaned before returning to our waterways. The plant treats incoming water for all types of waste and pollutants, but it’s micropollutants—those chemicals present in tiny amounts that can still cause widespread...
Episode 09 - What are the long-term effects of increasing wildfires?
USask Signature Series
36 minutes
4 weeks ago
Episode 09 - What are the long-term effects of increasing wildfires?
Dr. Colin Laroque (PhD) listens to what the trees tell him. Laroque, a professor in USask’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources and the head of the Department of Soil Sciences, is an expert dendrochronologist. Or, in other words, he is an expert in “tree-ring analysis,” which allows him to read the rings of trees to get a better understanding of the environment over years, decades and centuries. In recent years, the number of wildfires in Canada and around the world have inc...
USask Signature Series
When is the last time you thought about where your water ends up? The water that flows down the drain in the tub, that runs through the grates on the side of the road, that gets flushed down the toilet—all of it makes its way to treatment plants where it gets processed and cleaned before returning to our waterways. The plant treats incoming water for all types of waste and pollutants, but it’s micropollutants—those chemicals present in tiny amounts that can still cause widespread...
