Alberta amid warm, dry winter. The recent months-long stretch of near record-breaking warmth and dryness has experts warning of potentially devastating drought conditions, and governments are being warned to prepare for the worse.
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Alberta amid warm, dry winter. The recent months-long stretch of near record-breaking warmth and dryness has experts warning of potentially devastating drought conditions, and governments are being warned to prepare for the worse.
by Wagamaga
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The recent months-long stretch of near record-breaking warmth and dryness has experts warning of potentially devastating drought conditions, and governments are being warned to prepare for the worse.
John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change, says Alberta could be headed towards an agricultural disaster, especially due to repeated loss of glaciers in the Rockies, combined with an El Nino winter, resulting in very low soil moisture levels.
“This has been an ongoing drought for many years in parts of the province and every year, as it gets worse, it depletes more deep soil moisture, or lakes and ponds, wetlands,” he explained. “So, the implications become more and more dire over time.”