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An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24934
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
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Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Responsibility
D.W. Schindler
W.F. Donahue
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
6 pages ; illustrations , maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Climate
Climate change
Climatology
Western Canada
Glaciers
Rivers
Lakes
Abstract
Canada is usually considered to be a country with abundant freshwater, but in its western prairie provinces (WPP), an area 1/5 the size of Europe, freshwater is scarce. European settlement of the WPP did not begin until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fortuitously, the period since European settlement appears to have been the wettest century of the past two millennia. The frequent, long periods of drought that characterized earlier centuries of the past two millennia were largely absent in the 20th century. Here, we show that climate warming and human modifications to catchments have already significantly reduced the flows of major rivers of the WPP during the summer months, when human demand and in-stream flow needs are greatest. We predict that in the near future climate warming, via its effects on glaciers, snowpacks, and evaporation, will combine with cyclic drought and rapidly increasing human activity in the WPP to cause a crisis in water quantity and quality with far-reaching implications.
Notes
In PNAS May 9, 2006 103 (19) 7210-7216
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via PNAS's website
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25284
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
  1 website  
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Responsibility
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Nat Rutter
Murray Coppold
Dean Rokosh
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Climatology
Climate change
Environment
Environmental conservation
Geography
Geology
Abstract
Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
Contents
Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
Notes
Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
ISBN
9780978013219
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
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Death trap : how a cave specialist and a paleontologist are piecing together Alberta's post-glacial fossil record by exploring mountain caves

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20017
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2013
Author
Wilson, Niki
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Wilson, Niki
Responsibility
Niki Wilson
Published Date
2013
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caves
Fossils
Glaciers
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Canadian Rockies
Abstract
Pertians to the growing understanding of the fossil record in Alberta via exporation of caves
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, Summer 2013, p. 40 - 44
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Heart waters : sources of the Bow River

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25255
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Van Tighem, Kevin
Van Tighem, Brian
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
First
Call Number
03.5 V26h
  1 website  
Author
Van Tighem, Kevin
Van Tighem, Brian
Responsibility
Kevin Van Tighem (author)
Brian Van Tighem (photographer)
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
256 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Rivers
Glaciers
Hydrology
Hydrology - Alberta
Bow River
Abstract
Water does not come from the river. It comes to the river. Heart Waters takes us to the sources of that water – and into the living beauty, human stories and future possibilities that also arise from the green uplands and valleys of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes, where the mighty Bow River is born. For more than a century the foothills and Front Range mountains of western Alberta have been recognized as being vital to the water supply for western Canada. Virtually all the water that sustains communities, ecosystems and the economy of prairie Canada comes from this narrow strip of land arrayed along the Continental Divide. For all its importance, however, water management decisions affecting this enormous region have ignored the significance of land health and focused almost exclusively on building dams. The result, as the author points out, is that the Bow River’s annual flows have decreased by more than a tenth, even as spring floods become more frequent and more destructive. The solutions to prairie Canada’s water challenges lie in healing the wounded landscapes of our headwaters. Heart Waters delves deeply into the history and ecology of a landscape whose critical value as a watershed is matched by its sheer beauty and diversity. A rich array of stunning images by Jasper-based photographer Brian Van Tighem complements the author’s well-researched explorations of the stories whispered by the living waters that drain from Banff National Park, Kananaskis Country and the famous ranchlands of the Bow River watershed. Kevin Van Tighem’s latest book is a deep exploration of place and an invitation to recognize that our water future depends upon knowing our headwaters better and caring for them more passionately — as our heart waters. (from publisher's website)
Contents
1. Voices in the water -- 2. River origins: Bow River -- 3. A prodigal's return: Johnson Creek -- 4. Caterpillars and cutthroats: Quirk Creek -- 5. The past and future trout: Meadow Creek -- 6. Lake of the spirits: Cascade River and Ghost River -- 7. Dammed splendor: Kananaskis River -- 8. Buck-toothed volunteers: Bateman Creek -- 9. The under-river: Middle Bow River -- 10. Water and wildness: Sheep River -- 11. Cattle in the creek: Pekisko Creek -- 12. Mountains breathing: Highwood River -- 13. Healing the headwaters -- 14. Home and heart waters -- Index.
Notes
Shortlisted for the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival award for Mountain & Wilderness Literature
ISBN
9781771601399
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.5 V26h
Collection
Archives Library
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Innovate : the Mountain Legacy Project

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25006
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2019/2020
Author
Anthony, Leslie
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Anthony, Leslie
Published Date
2019/2020
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Mountains
Photography
Climate
Climate change
Glaciers
Abstract
Pertains the the Mountain Legacy project and their use of repeat photography and historic photographs to chart changes in climate in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Notes
In Mountain Life Annual, 2019/2020, pg. 42 - 43
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mountain Life Annual website
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On the rocks : the local impacts of glacial melt

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20030
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2015
Author
Payne, Colin
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Payne, Colin
Responsibility
Colin Payne
Published Date
2015
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Glaciers
Climate
Climate change
Athabasca Glacier
Climatology
Abstract
Pertains to the de-glaciation of Western Canada during the 21st century with the Athabasca Glacier as the example
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Iss. 16, Fall 2015, p. 40 - 45
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain West

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25256
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
First
Call Number
03.4 Sa5o
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Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Responsibility
Robert W. Sandford
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Rivers
Glaciers
Hydrology
Hydrology - Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Climate change
Abstract
Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring stunning photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates why water is such a unique substance and how it makes life on this planet possible. Focusing on the Columbia Icefield, the largest and most accessible mass of ice straddling the Continental Divide in western North America, and featuring photographs, illustrations, aerial surveys and thermal imaging collected over more than 40 years of the author’s personal observations, the book reveals the stunning magnitude of glacial ice in western Canada. Citing evidence to suggest that in the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks alone, as many as 300 glaciers may have disappeared since 1920, this large-format, fully illustrated coffee table book graphically illustrates the projected rate of glacier recession in the mountain West over the rest of this century and serves as a profound testament to the beauty and importance of western Canada’s water, ice and snow. (from publisher's website)
Contents
1. The wonder of water -- 2. What winter does to water -- 3. Ecology as defined by winter water -- 4. How ice fields and glaciers form -- 5. Canada's most accessible glaciers -- 6. The death of Peyto glacier : A case for more comprehensive -- 7. The Columbia ice field today -- 8. Glaciers in a changing climate -- 9. What we stand to lose -- 10. Water, climate and the National Parks ideal.
Notes
Winner, 2017 Lane Anderson Award for Best Canadian Science Writing
ISBN
9781771602020
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.4 Sa5o
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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Peyto : a hotbed of glacier science

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19950
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2012
Author
Martel, Lynn
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Published Date
2012
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Glaciers
Peyto Glacier
Climate
Climate change
Climatology
Abstract
Pertians to Peyto Glacier and glacier monitoring programs through Natural Resources Canada
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.4, Iss.1, Winter 2012, p.36-41
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Rain comin' down : water, memory and identity in a changed world

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25257
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
First
Call Number
03.5 Sa5r
  1 website  
Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Responsibility
Robert W. Sandford
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
330 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Rivers
Glaciers
Hydrology
Hydrology - Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Climate change
Abstract
Robert Sandford has spent a lot time watching and thinking about water. This was not because he was predisposed to do so, but because the importance of water gradually caught up with who he was and what he was doing with his life. As this self-reflective book demonstrates, when one takes up the serious study of water, one cannot but be surprised at how far that interest can take you: from the very origins of the cosmos right down to the unique structure and remarkable qualities of water as a molecule. It takes you to the depths of the oceans, to the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere, and into the centres of storms. You fall to Earth with raindrops, travel tiny streams and great rivers, go round and round in lakes and ponds. Your study takes you down to the very roots of trees, into the soil, along the dark, dank banks of underground rivers. It takes you from one person’s thirst to the thirst of nations; from the demographics of the past to how those may drastically change in the absence of water in decades to come. Following water takes one back and forth in time, linking us to what the Earth was like in the past; what it is now; and how water will shape what it will be in the future. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Invocation - Rain comin' down
Celestial rivers
Rivers of cold
Rivers of heat
Rivers of words
The heart of dryness
Irrigating Eden
Rivers of memory
Rivers of ice
As the world burns
Learning from the burning: The summer of 2018
Afterword - Rivers of hope
Appendix - a Canadian National Glacier Act
Bookshelf
ISBN
9781771603171
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.5 Sa5r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Stories of ice : adventure, commerce and creativity on Canada's glaciers

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25254
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Edition
First
Call Number
03.4 M36s
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), color map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ice
Ice climbing
Glaciers
Hydrology
Abstract
With the state of global ice constantly in the news, one mountain journalist examines Canadian glaciers to uncover their secrets and their future. From a mother/daughter duo who spent five months skiing across icefields from Vancouver to Alaska, to scientists discovering biofilms deep inside glacier caverns, to protesters camping for weeks to protect their beloved local glacier, western Canada's glaciers are dynamic, enigmatic, exquisitely beautiful, sometimes dangerous environments where people play, work, run businesses, explore, and create art every single day. Author Lynn Martel is one of them. With gorgeous images by some of the country's best outdoor photographers, Stories of Ice shares the excitement, the mystery, and the wonder of Canada's glaciers and poses questions about their future. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Photographers
Prologue
Born to meld
Adventure on ice
Commerce from ice
Study of ice
Inspiration in ice
Spiritual ice
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
ISBN
9781771603898
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.4 M36s
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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