{"id":3998,"date":"2015-04-06T12:26:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T17:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2015-04-06T12:33:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T17:33:44","slug":"canadas-disappearing-glaciers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/canadas-disappearing-glaciers\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s disappearing glaciers<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3999\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1562996446_03117ad84f_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3999\" class=\"wp-image-3999\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1562996446_03117ad84f_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies will melt at an increased rate throughout the 21st century. (Photo credit: Peter M. Graham, flickr.com)\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1562996446_03117ad84f_z.jpg 640w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1562996446_03117ad84f_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies will melt at an increased rate throughout the 21st century. (Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmgrah\/1562996446\/in\/photolist-3o7LoA-2jSzK1-odfwd-f7t3hv-f7sWDe-f7t7Ne-f7HiZL-f7HsQd-8CziXs-MFRE9-di1Zaw-8Czi1b-98JuZH-dyvd7-f7HwpG-qjyRx8-f7LVT3-8fNrEq-aozM1D-8Czhn3-8CzgU3-6KYKsf-bvh4eE-qyVPWz-73Jqd-2bVPMc-8BZEMu-8BWt32-8BWnKa-bCwYQt-rvq58f-eGEjmN-5pV6m1-jYAeQ-eGycQT-C3vbK-8BYaCo-c7ohab-5dPhg-6Y3cYv-fanBBz-8BWr6D-8yAKzY-8BZpxw-e1HS5-8BVi9x-5dPht-7vyedY-9bJm9j-nSPRQs\">Peter M. Graham, flickr.com<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Glaciers in western Canada are projected to lose 70 per cent of their ice volume by 2100, relative to 2005, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>Using simulations which model the effect of global warming, researchers demonstrated that Canadian glaciers will experience the same shrinkage as mountain glaciers in other places around the world. A few glaciers will remain intact in the Interior and Rockies regions, but coastal glaciers, particularly those in northwestern British Columbia, will exist in a diminished state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/doifinder\/10.1038\/ngeo2407\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Nature Geoscience\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>April\u00a06<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Garry Clarke, University of British Columbia, British Columbia<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glaciers in western Canada are projected to lose 70 per cent of their ice volume by 2100, relative to 2005, according to a new study. Using simulations which model the effect of global warming, researchers demonstrated that Canadian glaciers will experience the same shrinkage as mountain glaciers in other places around the world. 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