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An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces

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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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Andy Russsell Career Scrapbook

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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
Date Range
1947-1961
Reference Code
M153 / 575
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M153 / S43 / V555
Sous-Fonds
M153
Sub-Series
VII Russell family series
Accession Number
5777
Reference Code
M153 / 575
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1947-1961
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records (28 pages ; 31.5 x 35.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
Name Access
Russell, Andy
Mowers, Cleo
Subject Access
Academics
Administration
Backpacking
Biographical
Climatology
Conservation
Ecology
Education
Environment and Nature
Forestry
Horseback riding
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Natural history
Natural resources
Wildlife
Wildlife fatalities
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Jasper
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Kootenay National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
Blank pages not scanned
Finding Aid
Access by advance appointment only
Creator
Russell, Kay
Title Source
Title based on item.
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
thumbnail
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Banff flood hazard study : bow river and forty mile and echo creeks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14692
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
25 March 2013
Author
North Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
Call Number
03.5 N82b Pam
Author
North Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
Responsibility
prepared for Albert Environment and Sustainable Resource Development ; prepared by Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd
Published Date
25 March 2013
Physical Description
6 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
NHC project No. 100047
Subjects
Alberta
Bow River
Climate
Climatology
Disasters
Floods
Notes
Photocopy of the original report
Report written three months before the major flood in Southern Alberta on June 20, 2013
Call Number
03.5 N82b Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Banff Wind Storm. -- 1957-1960

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.ii. - 8
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
Reference Code
V190 / II.A.ii. - 8
Physical Description
ca.22 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
Subject Access
Climatology
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
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Becoming water : glaciers in a warming world

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14438
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Demuth, Michael
Publisher
Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
Call Number
03.4 D4b c.1
03.4 D4b c.2
Author
Demuth, Michael
Responsibility
Michael Demuth
Publisher
Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
ix, 135 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climate
Climatology
Glaciers
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
ISBN
9781926855721
Accession Number
P2015-03-31
tbd
Call Number
03.4 D4b c.1
03.4 D4b c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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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
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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
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Current serials in the library of the Scott Polar Research Institute

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12014
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1972
Author
Scott Polar Research Institute
Publisher
Cambridge
Call Number
R 03.5 Sco3
Author
Scott Polar Research Institute
Publisher
Cambridge
Published Date
1972
Physical Description
47p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climatology
Glaciers
Accession Number
597
Call Number
R 03.5 Sco3
Collection
Archives Library
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Ecological and earth sciences in mountain areas

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13148
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2002
Publisher
Banff : Banff Centre
Call Number
04 M86b 2002
Responsibility
edited by Leslie Taylor, Kathy Martin, David Hik and Anne Ryall
Publisher
Banff : Banff Centre
Published Date
2002
Physical Description
296 p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Mountain communities conference series
Subjects
Birds
Climatology
Floods
Olympic games
Pollution
Notes
Proceedings of conference held at The Banff Centre, September 6-10, 2002
Includes bibliographic references and index
Accession Number
7645
Call Number
04 M86b 2002
Collection
Archives Library
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Ecology of alpine larch (Larix Lyalli Parl.) in the Pacific Northwest

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6572
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1975
Author
Arno, Stephen Francis
Publisher
Ann Arbor (MI) : Xerox University Microfilms
Call Number
04.1 Ar6
Author
Arno, Stephen Francis
Publisher
Ann Arbor (MI) : Xerox University Microfilms
Published Date
1975
Physical Description
ix, 264p. : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climatology
Trees
Vegetation
Notes
Thesis, Ph.D., University of Montana, 1970
Bibliography
Accession Number
8000
Call Number
04.1 Ar6
Collection
Archives Library
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The flood of 2013 : a summer of angry rivers in southern Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Calgary Herald
Publisher
Toronto : Greystone Books
Call Number
03.5 C3f
Author
Calgary Herald
Responsibility
by the Calgary Herald ; foreword by Naheed Nenshi
Publisher
Toronto : Greystone Books
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
130 pages, 5 pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta
Climate
Climatology
Disasters
Floods
Notes
The staff at the Calgary Herald wrote the text and took and compiled the photographs.
Contains: The raging waters -- Devastation and destruction -- The cleanup -- Helping hands and heroes -- How Albertans saw it -- Hell or high water.
ISBN
9781771640305
Accession Number
P2015-03-31
Call Number
03.5 C3f
Collection
Archives Library
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