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Glaciers melting |
Canadian Rockies
The Athabasca Glacier has retreated one-third of a mile (0.5 km) in the last 60 years and has thinned dramatically since the 1950s-60s. In British Columbia the Wedgemont Glacier has retreated hundreds of meters since 1979, as the climate has warmed at a rate of 2°F (1.1°C) per century, twice the global average.
Reference: State of the Canadian Cryosphere, 2002. Past variability of Canadian glaciers. University of Waterloo. http://www.socc.uwaterloo.ca/glaciers/glaciers_hist_e.cfm.
BC Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection, 2002. Indicators of climate change for British Columbia 2002. Victoria, BC.
