UN to recognize glacier preservation in 2025 thanks to Canadian researchers
CBC News Calgary
Dec. 24, 2022
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution to declare 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation — a concept Coldwater Lab director John Pomeroy says is rooted close to home in Canmore, Alta.
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Will It Snow This Christmas?
Graeme Bruce
CBC News
December 14, 2022
Many parts of Canada are seeing less snow on the ground over Christmas. Find out if you’ll have snow this holiday.
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
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
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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State of glaciers in the Canadian Rockies is ‘dire right now,’ expert warns
Bill Macfarlane
CTV News Calgary
Oct. 25, 2022
A Canadian professor is warning many of the iconic glaciers in the Canadian Rockies will be gone in the coming decades due to climate change.
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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
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
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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Two University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers at the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) and two senior beamline scientists at USask’s Canadian Light Source (CLS) have been named to Clarivate’s 2022 Highly Cited Researchers list.
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