Kevin Green
CTV News Calgary
July 28, 2025
A soaking rainstorm that drenched Calgary from Sunday night into Monday caused flooding across the city, with emergency crews responding to submerged cars, backed-up traffic and overflowing parks.
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Our Future Is on Thin Ice
John Pomeroy
Nature Alberta
June 18, 2025
In the 30 years since global leaders first gathered to discuss how to limit climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Earth has lost close to 8 trillion tonnes of ice1 and the atmospheric concentration of the potent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, has risen from 350 to 430 parts per million2 — a level last experienced about 2.5 million years ago at the beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch in which humans later evolved.
As a result of greenhouse gas concentration increases, temperatures are rising quickly and our weather is becoming more extreme. We now stand on the cusp of major losses to Earth’s major polar ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. These changes are happening much sooner than many scientists’ previous worst-case scenarios.3 They spell the end for both low-lying nations and coastal regions, as maps of coastlines are redrawn by rising seas,4 as well as for wildlife such as polar bears, seals, and Antarctic penguins that have evolved to thrive in these frozen zones.
But they are also set to strike all of us, much closer to home. And it’s hard to imagine anywhere that will feel the force of these changes as acutely as Alberta…
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UPDATE: Canmore water, climate scientist wins international research award
Cathy Ellis
Rocky Mountain Outlook
May 7, 2025
Canmore’s John Pomeroy has been honoured with a prestigious international award for his research over four decades in advancing and understanding climate science, hydrological processes and hydrological predictions.
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UPDATE: Prof. Pomeroy was also recognized by Hon. Tracy Muggli in the Senate on June 12. You can watch and read that address here.
Global Action Urged to Preserve Glaciers – and Humanity – at High-Level Dushanbe Conference
Global Water Futures News
June 4, 2025
Prof. John Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, participated in the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation where scientific, financial, and world leaders issued the Dushanbe Glacier Declaration, calling for urgent global climate action to preserve glaciers and safeguard water security for billions.
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Glacial pace of climate action has imperilled Earth’s glaciers
John Pomeroy
Hindustan Times
May 31, 2025
Asia is set to suffer disproportionate losses of snow and ice. This must be the year that we turn around our emissions record.
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Opinion: preserving glaciers is key to humanity’s survival
John Pomeroy
Dialogue Earth
May 9, 2025
The survival of our civilisation – and even our species – hinges on our ability to protect the planet’s glaciers, writes scientist, hydrologist and glaciologist, John Pomeroy
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Listen: Dr. John Pomeroy on The Evan Bray show
The Evan Bray Show
CJME Radio
May 12, 2025
A Saskatchewan hydrologist is being honoured with an international water research prize for his contributions to understanding that scientific area. Dr. John Pomeroy, hydrologist, director of the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Centre for hydrology, member of the Global Institute for Water Security, UNESCO Chair in Mountain Water Sustainability and distinguished professor in the department of geography and planning in USask’s College of Arts and Science, joins Evan to discuss this honour and some of his recent work.
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Watch: Low river water levels spark questions over Lake Diefenbaker capacity
Gates Guarin
Global News
May 8, 2025
Questions are now coming to the surface about Lake Diefenbaker’s capacity to support farming irrigation, as well as the supply of drinking water for 60 per cent of the province. Gates Guarin has more.
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Listen: U of S researcher explains why South Saskatchewan River is so low this year
Saskatoon Morning with Stephanie Massicotte
CBC Listen
May 8, 2025
Host Stephanie Massicotte speaks with John Pomeroy, the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change a the University of Saskatchewan about the low river levels in Saskatoon.
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Frozen Frontiers and Global Impact: Five Questions with Dr. John Pomeroy
Global Institute for Water Security
April 28, 2025
In this special feature, we ask Dr. Pomeroy five questions to reflect on what being awarded the prestigious Dooge Medal means to him, the inspirations and impacts of his career, and the future challenges and hopes for our water.