Article content The havoc that the ever-changing climate is wrecking on the finely balanced ecosystems on which we depend cannot be understated. And the news that the health of our fresh water—a critical staple for life on earth—is being undermined at such a foundational level should be sounding alarm bells. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Higgins: Canada is a land of lakes, but is falling behind when it comes to tracking their health Back to video What struck me most, however, on reading the study itself, was the incredible amount of work that took place behind the scenes to pull such a pan-continental effort together. A headline that might be glanced over at the kitchen table, and maybe even provoke a perfunctory disgruntled murmur on the way to the office, was the result of decades of painstaking work by people across nearly every continent.