Popular belief suggests the highest tides in the St. Lawrence River are reached around the equinoxes. In truth, they arrive close to the solstices.
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The tourist appeal of the St. Lawrence River dates to the 19th century. Residents and summer visitors have rubbed shoulders ever since, but not necessarily shared the same ideas about its attractions.
The common eider nests in colonies on islands of the St. Lawrence estuary. The down that the female duck takes to fill her nest has exceptional insulating properties.
Climate change is causing the deep waters in parts of the St. Lawrence River to lose their oxygen, and it’s damaging the health of the ecosystem.
Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.
All the Great Lakes are at, or close to, record highs. But it is us, not the water, that needs to move out of the way.
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Professeur émérite de géographie, Université de Montréal
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Professeure de chimie marine à l'Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER-UQAR), Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, Western Michigan University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Science, McGill University
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Professeur Émérite en géochimie et océanographie, McGill University
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UNESCO Chair Professor in Urban Landscape, Université de Montréal
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Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professeur adjoint, hydrodynamique côtière et fluviale, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
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PhD candidate, physical and biogeochemical oceanography, McGill University
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Professeur en océanographie physique, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Professeure en Sciences des aliments, Université Laval
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Professeur associé, Département des sciences biologiques; écologie et aménagement des oiseaux migrateurs, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professeure agrégée, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Associate professor, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
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Full professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université Laval
