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Frosty reception to overly optimistic glacier report

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Frosty reception to overly optimistic glacier report
Yahoo! News
Nov. 18, 2022

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recently released a report entitled “World Heritage Glaciers: Sentinels of Climate Change” that stated that “limiting global warming to 1.5 C could save glaciers in two-thirds of World Heritage sites.”

That has some experts balking at the claim.

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Scientists say warming climate puts southern Alberta’s water supply at risk

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Scientists say warming climate puts southern Alberta’s water supply at risk
Anne Mayo
Calgary Journal
March 30, 2022

When a heatwave ripped through Western Canada in the summer of 2021, and Alberta’s temperatures soared above 40C, Shawn Marshall was cool in comparison.

As the climatologist studied a glacier in the Rocky Mountains, wind caressed the top of the ice shelf and chilled the air around him. Here, he noticed the glacier was darker in comparison to others he had seen in Canada.

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Eco-artists spread climate change message at fall exhibition

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Eco-artists spread climate change message at fall exhibition
Marie Conboy
The Bow Valley Crag & Canyon
Oct. 27, 2022

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies are hosting the opening of two fall exhibitions, Cold Regions Warming and Contemporary Consciousness, the research and artwork of Global Water Futures, scientists Trevor Davies and John Pomeroy, and artists Gennadiy Ivanoff, Alexandra Ewen, and Joshua Jensen-Nagle, on Friday, Oct. 28th, 2022.

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Climate Models Show a “Surprisingly Resilient” Elbow River

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Climate Models Show a “Surprisingly Resilient” Elbow River
Ann Sullivan
ERWP Eyes on the Elbow
September 2022

Despite climate change and its anticipated effects – increased temperatures, decreased snowpack, wildfires, extreme weather events – the Elbow River will likely flow on regardless, albeit in a more “flashy” way. Not flashy as in colourful or flamboyant, of course, but as in unpredictable or slightly out of control.

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Phillip Harder on YXE Underground Podcast

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Phillip Harder on YXE Underground Podcast
YXE Underground

Season Five of YXE Underground begins with an episode featuring hydrologist, Phillip Harder. He is doing important work to help our communities and especially farmers on the prairies learn to best manage fresh water resources. Host Eric Anderson speaks with Phillip at one of his research sites southeast of Saskatoon to understand why he is so passionate about water and how he shares his passion with others.

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Research-powered climate adaptation and water security solutions

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Research-powered climate adaptation and water security solutions
The Globe and Mail
November 22, 2022

Complex challenges like water security and climate change require a collaborative approach. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are studying changes in our water system, including retreating glaciers and snowpacks and nutrient pollution in lakes. They are also working with academic, industry and community partners to come up with solutions that balance economic growth and environmental integrity.

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Event: Cold Regions Warming Panel Discussion

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Cold Regions Warming

Panel Discussion

Saturday, November 19th, 2022 | 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Please join the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and Global Water Futures in welcoming the artists and scientists associated with our newest exhibition, Cold Regions Warming, for an exclusive panel discussion presenting a powerful conversation on Canada’s climate future.

Joining this event are the following panelists:

  • John Pomeroy, Distinguished Professor, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Director of the Global Water Futures programme, Centre for Hydrology and Canmore Coldwater Laboratory.

  • Trevor Davies, Professor Emiritus; formerly Director of the Climatic Research Unit, Dean of School of Environmental Sciences, Director for International Development Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Enterprise and Engagement, all at the University of East Anglia; formerly Distinguished Professor and Director of Fudan Tyndall Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai.

  • Robert Sandford, Holds the Global Water Futures Chair in Water and Climate Security at United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health.

  • Gennadiy V. Ivanov, is a renowned UK-based artist with more than 40 years of experience. He graduated with a Masters of Fine Art from Norwich University. Since 2019, he has been involved in several large projects and exhibitions across the UK and is currently an Artist-in-residence at the University of Saskatchewan. Gennadiy was the winner of the Norfolk Arts Awards, The Visual Arts Award in 2021. His works addressed the acts of looking and seeing, and considers the way in which painting can stake a claim for itself amid the proliferation of contemporary visual formats.

Audience members will be immersed and engaged through a rich interdisciplinary discussion of art, science, and the state of Climate Change in Canada.

Light refreshments will be available.

Photo Artist: Gennadiy V. Ivanov

Registration is required for this live event!

 

Top Image: Gennadiy V. Ivanov. The Fortress Mount Now, 2019, oil on canvas, 130 x 170 cm. Collection of the artist.

About the painting: Fortress Mountain Research Basin is an iconic location in the Rockies in Alberta. Its dramatic countenance has appeared in many Hollywood films. It is an important site for one of the GWF observation stations which automatically records atmospheric, snow and soil conditions. These observations are part of the Global Water Futures Observatories network, which monitors changes over time and provided invaluable information to help develop predictive models; a necessity for successful prediction of water supplies from the high mountain headwater basins that supply most of western Canada with rivers and life-giving freshwater.