“John Pomeroy, #Canada Research Chair in #WaterResources and #ClimateChange at the #UniversityOfSaskatchewan, says faster-than-expected melting in the past few years makes it likely that all the #glaciers of the #Rockies—including the famed #ColumbiaIcefield, upon which a thriving tourism industry depends—will all be gone by the end of the century, save for a few remnants. That means reduced flows to rivers that millions of people depend on”

John Pomeroy warns glaciers have likely hit tipping point | CTV News https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-monitoring-river-levels-amid-below-average-mountain-snowpack-levels-1.6430000 “Even since it began to melt away, the Athabasca Glacier one of six outlet glaciers coming off the #ColumbiaIcefield – often held snow on its surface until into July. Now its bottom three kilometres are all snow-free and a massive volume of ice has already melted away.
Already this year, 1.7 metres of ice has melted off the top of the #Athabasca”

The Columbia Icefield drains to the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Meltwater flows 2,500 miles via the Athabasca River and Mackenzie River  into the Arctic Ocean, via the Saskatchewan River 1,600 miles to Hudson Bay and the Atlantic, and 1,240 miles via the Fraser and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean.

#ColumbiaIcefield #BritishColumbia #Alberta #ColumbiaRiver #AthabascaRiver #SaskatchewanRiver #PNW #Glacier #ContinentalDivide

The Columbia Icefield drains to the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Meltwater flows 2,500 miles via the Athabasca River and Mackenzie River  into the Arctic Ocean, via the Saskatchewan River 1,600 miles to Hudson Bay and the Atlantic, and 1,240 miles via the Fraser and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean.

#ColumbiaIcefield #BritishColumbia #Alberta #ColumbiaRiver #AthabascaRiver #SaskatchewanRiver #PNW #Glacier #ContinentalDivide