B.C.'s heat wave: Intense weather event is linked to climate crisis, say scientists
'This is not the new normal. Normal is going to keep changing until we stop emitting greenhouse gas emissions': UBC scientist
West Coast Salmon Vulnerable to Climate Change, but Some Show Resilience to Shifting Environment
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An envirornmental concept that is slowly gaining traction and recognition is called "rights of nature" Rights of Nature laws enable people, communities, and ecosystems themselves to defend and enforce such rights. Without the ability to do so, those ecosystems would be destroyed. Today, CELDF is serving as legal counsel for ecosystems, as well as communities, to defend the rights of watersheds to exist and flourish. This may be the only way to save us from the next 6th mass extinction of animals (including people)
jim morrow
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Lots of comments from wierd old climate change deniers after the Vancouver Sun article. Unbelieveable that so many are still that way, so sad...
Waters are so dangerously warm that salmon may be pulled out of rivers, trucked to a cooler place
Fish managers fear that sockeye salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers could be slaughtered by high water temperatures as a heat wave enveloped the Pacific Northwest in late June. Trees are also stressed, and a threat of wildfire looms.
www.seattletimes.com
OldBlackDog
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Temperatures ease in B.C. as Alta., Sask. brace for heat dome
A heat dome causing record breaking temperatures across British Columbia is now moving east. Alberta and Saskatchewan brace for record breaking temperatures as the dome crawls their way.
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Based on your comment I skimmed the article comments...no kidding...lots of "interesting" comments
As Marine Fish Shift With Climate Change, Scientists Work Across Borders to Ensure Sustainability
U.S. and Russian scientists are working together to provide survey information critical for sustainable management of economically valuable Bering Sea fisheries.
'We need to be concerned': Rising temperatures lead to early fish kill in Alberta waters
Following a recent spike in hot temperatures, hundreds of dead fish have reportedly been spotted in various lakes and rivers in Alberta.
Nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, is on the rise from ocean dead zones
Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas, 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Global emissions of N2O are on the rise as a result of human activities — and their impact on ocean ecosystems.
theconversation.com
High fish deaths following heat wave
Alberta’s fish population has taken a hit after the recent heat wave. CTV News Edmonton’s Carlyle Fiset reports.
Survivor: Salmon Edition | Hakai Magazine
Will different salmon species adapt before the climate votes them off the island?
www.hakaimagazine.com
OldBlackDog
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Dave H
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Not only fish that suffered recently.
www.nationalobserver.com
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A billion tidal creatures likely baked to death in B.C. heat wave
The heat and the stench was staggering after masses of mussels, barnacles, clams, hermit crabs and starfish cooked to death at a number of Lower Mainland beaches, says biologist Chris Harley.
www.nationalobserver.com
Take care.
Like in ‘Postapocalyptic Movies’: Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse (Published 2021)
An early estimate points to a huge die-off along the Pacific Coast, and scientists say rivers farther inland are warming to levels that could be lethal for some kinds of salmon.
Climate Change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme Records, Analysis Finds (Published 2021)
A rapid analysis of last week’s record-breaking heat found that it would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused climate change.
Doug
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It’s not looking good for Fraser River salmon returns in 2021. Noted below is the Sockeye and Pink salmon return estimates and the numbers appear to be low as noted but then the fish have to get past the Big Bar slide too..
Two weeks ago the 5/2 springs run was at …3 (yes .3) and the average returns number is 26.2 at the same time. We haven’t been able to catch 5/2 fish in area 20 for over 8 years so where are they disappearing too or who is catching them?
Here is the latest up date from DFO.
The landslide at Big Bar in the Fraser River upstream of Lillooet will continue to be an impediment to upstream migration for Sockeye, Pink, Chinook, Coho and Steelhead destined for spawning habitats upstream of the slide. Significant work has occurred over the winter and spring months to further improve passage for fish, combined with robust assessment programs to evaluate passage success, as well as mitigation measures such as fish transport and brood stock collection for enhancement purposes. Additional information can be found at the following link. http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pacific-smon-pacifique/big-bar-landslide-eboulement/index-eng.html
To put the Sockeye run size forecast uncertainty into context, there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning Sockeye will be at or below 624,000 fish (the 25% probability level forecast) and there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning Sockeye will be at or above 2,775,000 fish (the 75% probability level forecast). For pre-season planning purposes, the Fraser Panel used the 50% probability level forecast (equal chance of a higher or lower return) of 1,330,000 fish for all management groups. This return is well below the cycle average. The largest contributing stocks for the 2021 return are expected to be the Chilko, Quesnel and Late Stuart Sockeye; all Summer run stocks that spawn above the Big Bar landslide.
The Pink salmon run size forecast suggests there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning pink salmon will be at or below 2,229,000 fish (the 25% probability level forecast) and there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning pink salmon will be at or above 4,051,000 fish (the 75% probability level forecast). For pre-season planning purposes, the Fraser Panel used the 50% probability level forecast (equal chance of a higher or lower return) of 3,009,000 Pink salmon. This is well below the long term average of 11.5 million.
Two weeks ago the 5/2 springs run was at …3 (yes .3) and the average returns number is 26.2 at the same time. We haven’t been able to catch 5/2 fish in area 20 for over 8 years so where are they disappearing too or who is catching them?
Here is the latest up date from DFO.
The landslide at Big Bar in the Fraser River upstream of Lillooet will continue to be an impediment to upstream migration for Sockeye, Pink, Chinook, Coho and Steelhead destined for spawning habitats upstream of the slide. Significant work has occurred over the winter and spring months to further improve passage for fish, combined with robust assessment programs to evaluate passage success, as well as mitigation measures such as fish transport and brood stock collection for enhancement purposes. Additional information can be found at the following link. http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pacific-smon-pacifique/big-bar-landslide-eboulement/index-eng.html
To put the Sockeye run size forecast uncertainty into context, there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning Sockeye will be at or below 624,000 fish (the 25% probability level forecast) and there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning Sockeye will be at or above 2,775,000 fish (the 75% probability level forecast). For pre-season planning purposes, the Fraser Panel used the 50% probability level forecast (equal chance of a higher or lower return) of 1,330,000 fish for all management groups. This return is well below the cycle average. The largest contributing stocks for the 2021 return are expected to be the Chilko, Quesnel and Late Stuart Sockeye; all Summer run stocks that spawn above the Big Bar landslide.
The Pink salmon run size forecast suggests there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning pink salmon will be at or below 2,229,000 fish (the 25% probability level forecast) and there is a one in four chance that the actual number of returning pink salmon will be at or above 4,051,000 fish (the 75% probability level forecast). For pre-season planning purposes, the Fraser Panel used the 50% probability level forecast (equal chance of a higher or lower return) of 3,009,000 Pink salmon. This is well below the long term average of 11.5 million.
West Coast drought puts fish and forests in dire straits
The recent heat dome, forest fires, and now drought threaten the ecosystems and watersheds that wild salmon need to survive, says Jason Hwang of the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
www.nationalobserver.com
OldBlackDog
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Like in ‘Postapocalyptic Movies’: Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse (Published 2021)
An early estimate points to a huge die-off along the Pacific Coast, and scientists say rivers farther inland are warming to levels that could be lethal for some kinds of salmon.www.nytimes.com
Climate Change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme Records, Analysis Finds (Published 2021)
A rapid analysis of last week’s record-breaking heat found that it would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused climate change.
Flawed Heatwave Report Leads to False Headlines in Major Media
A failure that misinformed you and millions of others, and a failure that highlighted glaring weaknesses in the media’s ability to cover important scientific issues. And it revealed the disap…
wattsupwiththat.com
Bryan Allen
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If Wattsupwiththat keeps pedaling this BS, I am going to start a new business manufacturing tinfoil hats . The deniers it seems, will buy "anything "Flawed Heatwave Report Leads to False Headlines in Major Media
A failure that misinformed you and millions of others, and a failure that highlighted glaring weaknesses in the media’s ability to cover important scientific issues. And it revealed the disap…
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