
Global Water Futures
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Global Water Futures, 🇨🇦's freshwater research program
Global Water Futures Observatories, 🇨🇦's freshwater observation network gwfo.ca
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Glaciers worldwide are melting due to climate change. In response, the UN has declared 2025 the Year of Glacier Preservation. 🏔️ In the Canadian Rockies, these ice giants fuel breathtaking ecosystems—but their rapid changes are alarming. CBS Mornings cbsnews.com/video/the-figh…




Trends in magnitudes and timing of annual low flows in relation to basin characteristics and climate indices in 106 nival rivers in British Columbia and Alberta sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Global Water Futures Publications MountainWaterFutures


Les États-Unis voudront-ils bientôt détourner l’eau du Canada?/Will the United States soon want to divert water from Canada? GWF & GWFO Director John Pomeroy: "... if Americans continue to act the way they’re doing, they’re going to need more water.” ledevoir.com/monde/etats-un…

"We've always assumed we had plentiful #water, but recent years in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and even parts of the North have shown that we don't have secure reliable water supplies all the time" - John Pomeroy Centre For Hydrology Global Institute for Water Security U of Saskatchewan cbc.ca/news/science/m…


The International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation is a call to action to reduce emissions, adapt to a warming world, and protect our planet’s future. Let 2025 be the tipping point where we changed course. #Glaciers2025 U of Saskatchewan Global Institute for Water Security Centre For Hydrology un-glaciers.org/en/homepage



The five-year vertical ice loss on Peyto Glacier exceeds 50 metres in some parts of the glacier and Peyto Glacier has literally 'disintegrated' in response to the 2021 heat dome and exceptional heat and snow drought in 2023. Centre For Hydrology Global Institute for Water Security townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local/p…


