Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exaPaH4SG0

Trent Luminary - Dr. Maggie Xenopoulos
The acclaimed ecologist, Dr. David Schindler, has likened the eutrophication of freshwater lakes to the Dust Bowl of the nineteen thirties, because both resulted from bad land use practices. As inaugural holder of the David Schindler Professorship in Aquatic Science, Dr. Paul Frost also worries about the quality of our water and how to maintain healthy levels of algae in our lakes. Dr. Frost, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, is working to improve and enhance water quality in the Kawartha Lakes and other aquatic ecosystems in southern Ontario. Dr. Frost #39;s concern for our fresh waters is shared by his partner and colleague, Dr. Maggie Xenopoulos. A recognized expert in global change biology, Dr. Xenopoulos is dismayed by the impact that human activities are having on the natural environment. "What we are doing to the planet is terrible," says Dr. Xenopoulos, whose research examines how urban and agricultural land use affects the function of water bodies. "We are lucky in Ontario to have an abundance of fresh water, unlike anywhere in the world." As a lead author in the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Dr. Xenopoulos helped developed future scenarios for freshwater biodiversity. The study revealed that approximately 60 per cent of ecosystem services are at risk. For her work she was named a co-recipient of the Zayed International Prize for the Environment. Despite their concerns, both professors see Trent University as uniquely positioned ...From:trentUniversityViews:3 0ratingsTime:04:02More inEducation

See original here:
Trent Luminary - Dr. Maggie Xenopoulos - Video