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‘Creeping snow drought’: Canadian research shows less snowpack a concern
A 3% decline in snowpack in critical Canadian Rockies headwaters threatens water supply, impacting farms, fisheries, hydropower, and shipping, Concordia researchers warn.
- Concordia University researchers found snowpack water in the Canadian Rockies dropped sharply, affecting three per cent of Canada's land mass, in a recent study published in Communications Earth and Environment.
- Researchers say the pattern stems from climate change and natural variability, with snow increasing in Canada's north and decreasing in southern mountain zones, Ali Nazemi linked this to warming Arctic Ocean sea ice.
- Analyzing 2000 to 2019 records, researchers measured snowpack water using satellite observations and climate reanalysis techniques, warning that uncertainties grow at smaller scales and local assessment needs increase.
- During the 2015 drought, low mountain snowpack contributed to water shortages and sockeye salmon collapse in Okanagan, warmed streams strained hydroelectric operators and agricultural irrigators, and forced dam releases at the Port of Montreal.
- The Canada Water Agency and the Global Institute for Water Security are working on scarcity issues as the Canadian government funded the research, and Ali Nazemi urged rethinking water management.
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'Creeping snow drought': Canadian research shows less snowpack a concern
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'Creeping snow drought': Canadian research shows less snowpack a concern – Energeticcity.ca
New research shows less snowpack in certain regions of Canada can have wide-ranging effects on everything from farms and wildlife to the broader economy. The Concordia University study, published in the Nature journal “Communications Earth and Environment,” says the usable water from snowpacks has dropped sharply in areas of the Canadian Rockies. The mountainous region is the headwaters of major rivers in British Columbia and the Prairies, feedi…
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