Seawater: memory keeper, energy source, and pollution tracking

Published: 21 October 2022

Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Credit: Mike McDermid What can a bottle of seawater tell you about the fish living below?

Rural Alaskans struggle to access and afford water

Published: 25 March 2021

Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse with climate change. Lasting solutions must encourage the use of alternative water supplies like rainwater...

Cleaning wounds: saline water trumps soap and water

Published: 15 December 2015

Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually...

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