CBC News
April 16, 2026
A colder, wetter winter this year across the Canadian Rockies brought near-historic snowfall, and that could be good news for drought and wildfire risk in the Northwest Territories this summer. But experts say that largely depends on how quickly the snow melts.
IACS
April 2026
UNESCO, WMO, and hundreds from the International Year of Glaciers’
Preservation – 2025 (IYGP) community celebrated the World Day for
Glaciers and World Water Day at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris on 18-
19 March 2026, closing the IYGP and launching the new Decade of
Action for Cryospheric Sciences (DACS) with…
CityNews Calgary
April 7, 2026
If you’re one who doesn’t enjoy a spring blast of snow or the surprise sprinkle of rain consider there are some who do…and for reasons that affect us all. (John Pomeroy’s interview featured 54 seconds in)
$9.5 million project combines fieldwork, advanced modeling, AI, and community engagement
Matt Olson
Research Profile and Impact, U. of Sask.
February 2, 2026
As digital technology continues to change, advance and shape our everyday lives, experts are leveraging new tech and new tools to push the boundaries of research, scholarly and artistic work..
Keenan Sorokan
CTV News
January 14, 2026
Bob Bohun has farmed long enough to know what untimely warm weather could mean for his operation.
With Wednesday marking the fourth consecutive day of above-freezing temperatures across the province, the Hafford-area farmer fears the rapid melting followed by many weeks of freezing will create a layer of ice over his farmland and have melting snow run off into sloughs and ditches rather than the soil beneath it.
Drew Stremick
Global News
January 9, 2026
In December, heavy snowfall in the Rocky Mountains resulted in many areas seeing more than an entire season’s worth of snow. At the Canmore Coldwater Laboratory, teams survey snowpacks on mountain peaks with a variety of instruments.
Erin Matthews
USask News
September 12, 2024
Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) is co-ordinating activities for the United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, which will be observed in 2025.
This text was taken from the World Climate Research Programme website. To view it on its original page, please click here.
August 19, 2024
The United Nations General Assembly adopted without a vote was a resolution titled “Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences, 2025–2034” (document A/78/L.99). By its terms, the Assembly proclaimed the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences to address the challenges associated with melting glaciers and changes to the cryosphere by advancing related scientific research and monitoring.
Introducing that text, the representative of France, speaking also on behalf of Tajikistan, spotlighted the vulnerability of glaciers and poles to climate change and their role in regulating climate, ocean levels and preserving biodiversity. Describing the cryosphere — the frozen components of the Earth’s system — as “an essential resource for our planet’s equilibrium”, she said that more than 30 countries, with the support of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), have launched an international appeal for the poles and glaciers, committing to launch a Decade of Cryospheric Sciences from 2025 to 2034. “This UN Decade will provide a political impetus needed to make this issue a priority on the multilateral agenda,” she said.
To read the press release, click here.
UWindsor Joining Largest Freshwater Observational Research Network In Canada
windsorite.ca
January 4, 2023
The University of Windsor will see more than $1.77 million in funding to support its leadership of the Real-Time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network (RAEON), a Canada Foundation for Innovation-funded network focused on the Great Lakes.
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