West Coast Salmon Vulnerable to Climate Change, but Some Show Resilience to Shifting Environment

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MSN

Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Maintaining good water quality is vital for healthy ecosystems and human water use, yet water quality responses to hydroclimatic extremes and changing climate are poorly understood. This Review explores river water quality under climate change and extremes.

www.nature.com

 

[OldBlackDog]

B.C. aware of dike problems before destructive flooding in 2021, documents show

Officials with the British Columbia government and the City of Merritt were aware of significant problems with dikes for several years before a series of atmospheric rivers flooded the community, documents released through a freedom of information request show.

www.cheknews.ca

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-drought-impacts-1.6961982

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-spawning-kamloops-lake-1.6964589

 

[agentaqua]

Why We Need a ‘Slow Water’ Movement | The Tyee

To withstand drought and deluge, an H2O how-to from Erica Gies, author of ‘Water Always Wins.’ She speaks at UVic on Oct. 3.

thetyee.ca

 

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Stormy weather for the South Coast

People are being told to brace for eth possibility of downed branches and power outages as gusty winds are set to batter parts of B.C.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[wildmanyeah]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/us/alaska-crabs-ocean-heat-climate/index.html

 

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Pink salmon are thriving in warmer waters, affecting other species, scientists say - KFSK

A new scientific paper published this fall shows that the pink salmon population is booming in the North Pacific Ocean – and global warming is helping it happen. The new evidence suggests that pinks are not just outcompeting other salmon species but they’re affecting the whole ecosystem – from...

www.kfsk.org

https://www.int-res.com/articles/feature/m719p001.pdf

 

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Marine heat waves trigger shift in hatch dates and early growth of Pacific cod

NEWPORT, Ore. – Marine heat waves appear to trigger earlier reproduction, high mortality in early life stages and fewer surviving juvenile Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska, a new study from Oregon State University shows.

today.oregonstate.edu

Warmer, earlier, faster: Cumulative effects of Gulf of Alaska heatwaves on the early life history of Pacific cod

Warming climates are creating unprecedented environmental conditions, such as more frequent and intense marine heatwaves (MHWs), that directly impact phenology and growth of fish and other marine organisms. Understanding individual phenological and growth responses to temperature is critical to...

online.ucpress.edu

 

[wildmanyeah]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/weather/el-nino-super-winter-climate/index.html