The Guardian - Weather tracker: ‘triple-dip’ La Niña heightens drought in US
60% of America is in a designated drought zone, with conditions set to worsen over the winter as we experience the third consecutive year of La Niña conditions - the rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña.
The Guardian - Severe drought torments British Columbia, a year after devastating floods
British Columbia is a case study on the paradoxical effects that climate change exerts on stressed hydrologic systems - a mixture of catastrophic flooding and severe drought.
CBC News - Droughts and Water Shortages Across Canada
A series of CBC News articles which highlight the impacts that draught and historic low water supply levels are having on communities and industries across Canada.
CBC News - A drying delta
A CBC News feature which explores the impacts climate change is having on the Peace-Athabasca-Delta, and the ways that the Indigenous peoples of the Delta are adapting.
CBC News - Low water flows at popular fishing creek on Grand River a concern for cold water fishery
The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) said the levels at Whitemans Creek, a cold water tributary that leads into the Grand River between Paris and Brantford, is below 50 percent of normal levels for the summer
CBC News - Nova Scotia pumpkin regatta cancelled indefinitely due to lack of water in Lake Pisiquid
CBC News explores the longstanding boil water advisories impacting residents in 160 small communities across Newfoundland.
Dataset Dev: September 2022 Update
We’ve made tremendous progress in developing the datasets that will form the backbone of the C1W HydroGeoSphere models. Here we review the progress we’ve made on the land surface configuration, hydrostratigraphy and model domains for the C1W HydroGeoSphere models.
CBC News - Boiled over: Rural N.L. is plagued by unsafe drinking water. These residents are thirsty for a solution
CBC News explores the longstanding boil water advisories impacting residents in 160 small communities across Newfoundland.
C1W Team Meetings
To provide technical exchange within the project team, monthly science talks are held to provide ongoing context for project participants.
Collaborate with the C1W team!
To broaden the number of project collaborators, the project has an ongoing series of engagement meetings with potential collaborators.
CBC News - Floods, droughts, storms will cost Canadian economy $139B in next 30 years, report says
A new report by GHD, titled Aquanomics, begins to quantify and forecast the economic impacts that the world’s economies will face as a result of climate change effects on hydrologic systems. “Much of the Canadian industry is dependent on water. If [the] availability of water is reduced as a result of increasing [extended] periods of droughts, then that is expected to have a significant impact”
Soil temperature beneath snow cover
Snow cover is an important control on soil temperatures in cold regions, insulating soils from atmospheric processes in winter. This can mean that the soil is often substantially warmer than the air above – in many cases by as much as 20 degrees at high latitudes, when snow is present.
Major North American Lakes Simulations for High Quality Continental Climate Change Projections
While a major focus of the climatology group has been on producing high-quality North American (NA) continental historic and future regional climate modelling simulations, focus has also been dedicated to major NA lake regions’ modeling, due to the significant effect that lakes can have on neighboring regions’ climates.
The Guardian - US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’
Future streamflows will become more variable and unpredictable, even in regions where precipitation is not forecasted to change significantly due to climate change. This variability will be driven by periodic precipitation events interacting with receding snowpack, melting earlier in the season.
WaterCanada - Water resources to become less predictable with climate change
Future streamflows will become more variable and unpredictable, even in regions where precipitation is not forecasted to change significantly due to climate change. This variability will be driven by periodic precipitation events interacting with receding snowpack, melting earlier in the season.