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Aridification vs. Drought

January 27, 2021

Long term drought is being reclassified as aridification.

Tags air temperature, aridification, climate change, drought, US southwest, water, water quality, water resources, western canada, wildfire

The Former Scientist

November 18, 2020

This past weekend I read Lynn Martel’s new book, Stories of Ice, and really enjoyed the focus on glaciers of western Canada and the adventure, … Read more

Tags Andrei Glacier, Arctic, Canadian Arctic, glaciers, glaciology, Hilda Glacier, history, mental health, research, science, Scientist, western canada

Explorations in the Canadian Rockies

July 15, 2020

Canada’s west-central Rockies have changed dramatically in the two centuries since David Thompson’s time.

Tags Alberta, Canadian Rockies, environment, exploration, First Nations, fur trade, history, landscape, settlers, western canada

Western Water & Forests: Spring 2016 Outlook

December 2, 2019March 26, 2016

Last month, Dezene Huber, a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, tweeted this photo of BC’s mighty Fraser River in Prince George. Doesn’t … Read more

Tags drought, forests, hydrology, insect infestation, pine beetle, snowpack, spruce beetle, water, weather, western canada

Becoming a Western writer

December 2, 2019August 5, 2015

When I first read Wallace Stegner’s Wolf Willow, it stuck. Not just for days, but even years later I can recall the story in the … Read more

Tags books, Dave Gessner, drought, Ed Abbey, reading, resources, Wallace Stegner, water, west, western canada, wilderness, writers, writing

Dry times in the Canadian West

December 2, 2019July 1, 2015

*UPDATED 5 JULY – NEW BC, AB, AND SK WILDFIRE & DROUGHT SITUATION* I’m closing the windows again to keep the cool in and the … Read more

Tags Alberta, british columbia, drought, fish, hydrology, hydropower, northwest territories, pacific northwest, saskatchewan, streamflow, water, water security, water supply, western canada, yukon

S is for Snow

December 2, 2019April 24, 2012

Of course I would pick snow as the ‘s’ word. Snow has been part of my vocabulary since I learned to talk. Growing up in … Read more

Tags landscapes, physical geography, science terminology, snow, western canada, winter
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Great infographics in this article about #avalanche risk in the 2020-21 winter.

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Snowpack is near historic lows in many areas in the West -- so why are so many people dying in avalanches? @jonnypeace has some answers in @highcountrynews https://t.co/3qHtED7SBu

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WTF?!

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Sections of the Amazon rainforest, as large as 100 football pitches, are being sold illegally on Facebook

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25 Feb

B.C. and Ottawa have struck a deal to defer logging in two Fraser Canyon ... watersheds that provide habitat for the last three spotted owls left in Canada’s wild. Via @sarahcox_bc #bcpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/l8RpTQXxjZ

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