Glacier Melt

• Western Canada heat wave accelerates rate of glacier melt, experts say

  U of A assoc. prof. Jeffrey Kavanaugh estimated the ice melt during June's so-called heat dome on the Wapta icefield was three times what was normal over the past dozen years.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2021
  
• Scientists studying whether melting glaciers will affect Alberta’s drinking water

  "The glaciers themselves, with increased melt, they actually are banks of contaminants that have accumulated for decades," said researcher Rolf Vinebrooke.

  Environment

  Dec 11, 2019
  
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• Earth’s warmer, watery future being written in fast-melting Greenland

  New York University air and ocean scientist David Holland, who is tracking what’s happening in Greenland from both above and below, calls it “the end of the planet.”

  World

  Aug 20, 2019
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• NASA tool shows how rising sea levels will affect New York, London, other coastal cities

  Scientists know that sea levels are projected to rise across the globe, but the increases will be different for each coastal city.

  Environment

  Nov 18, 2017
• Scientists blame global warming for new phenomenon called ‘river piracy’

  Most of the water gushing from a large glacier in northwest Canada last year suddenly switched from one river to another.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2017
• Glaciers could vanish within century: report

  Blue bird days on the ski slopes and expeditions to rivers frothing with spawning salmon could be among the quintessential British Columbia pastimes that vanish in the next century if the province's glaciers maintain their melt.

  Apr 6, 2015