Climate Change

Great Lakes Water Quality Board Webinar: Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Resource Guide

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International Joint Commission Water Quality Board Webinar to Introduce Resource Guide for Great Lakes Communities To Enhance Climate Adaptation and Resilience

For hundreds of small and medium-sized communities across the Great Lakes region, preparing for the water-related impacts of changing weather patterns can be challenging.

Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Resource Guide

Great Lakes Science Advisory Board Sets Sights on Winter Monitoring Blind Spots

This summer, Canadian and US scientists will “cruise” the Great Lakes, conducting monitoring and sampling. They will gather essential data that helps track the status and trends of the lakes’ water quality and environmental health.

Newly Complete Water Model of Osoyoos Lake Basin a Powerful Tool for Adaptive Management

Building upon modeling efforts in two river systems, the International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control has a complete hydrologic computer model covering the entire Osoyoos Lake basin. 

 

Sharing Knowledge and Practices to Inspire Action Climate Change Workshop

Monitoring the Human Health Consequences of Climate Change in the Great Lakes

Adapting Together: IJC Workshop Tackles Climate Pressures on Transboundary Watersheds

Across the transboundary region shared between Canada, the United States and many Indigenous Nations, water resource management experts are reporting increasing pressures on hydrological systems driven by climate change.

Showcasing Merits of the Boundary Waters Treaty and International Joint Commission on a Global Stage

Most of the world’s freshwater flows are shared by multiple countries. Conflicts between countries over their shared waters can and do arise.

Health Professionals Advisory Board Advances Improvements to Testing Microbial Threats to Great Lakes Water Quality and Public Health

This summer, many families will find relaxation in the sunshine while swimming, boating, fishing and playing around the thousands of beaches across the Great Lakes’ more than 10,500 miles (16,000 kilometers) of freshwater coastline.