Sitting on the dock at Moonshine Lake Provincial Park. The park park located 27 Kms west and 7 Kms north of Spirit River, on Highway 49. Photo courtesy Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

Climate change putting Alberta lakes on dangerously thin ice: U of C researcher

by · Calgary Herald

Man-made climate change is thinning and altering ice on lakes in Alberta and elsewhere, much to the detriment of both wildlife and humans, states a review paper co-authored by a University of Calgary scientist.

Dramatically-accelerating ice loss over the past 25 years means some areas of the Northern Hemisphere have seen a thaw arriving 45 days earlier per century, states the review paper published this week in the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s journal Science.