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Publication Date: Jun 2017
Temperatures in the Capital Regional District (CRD) are warming. Global climate models project an average annual warming of about 3°C in our region by the 2050s. While that may seem like a small change, it is comparable to the difference between the warmest and coldest years of the past. The purpose of this report is to quantify, with the most robust projections possible, the related climate impacts (including changes to climate extremes) associated with warming. This climate information will then inform regional vulnerability and risk assessments, decision-making, and planning in the capital region, with a goal of improving resilience to climate change.
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Publication Date: Sep 2016
Temperatures in Metro Vancouver are warming. Global climate models project an average increase of about 3°C in our region by the 2050s. Metro Vancouver’s ability to adapt to climate change requires specific information on how changes in temperature and precipitation will play out locally, how expected changes may vary throughout the seasons, and about new climate extremes. Work has been completed by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) to understand the details of how our climate may change by the 2050s and 2080s.
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Publication Date: Apr 2016
The City of Vancouver is warming. Global climate models project annual average temperature to increase by 1.7°C to 4.0°C, and indicate an average increase of 2.9°C between the 1971-2000 baseline and the 2050s. This fact sheet provides specific information intended to facilitate adaptation as the climate changes. All values in the summary are for the 2050s relative to the 1971-2000 baseline. Additional variables, seasons, projections for the 2080s, and maps were also produced and provided to the City of Vancouver.
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Publication Date: Apr 2016
This memo summarizes some of the key information required for adaptation in the Whistler area. Projected changes include: increases to the intensity and frequency of heavy rain events; longer, hotter, drier summers and milder winters with reduced snowpack at lower elevations.
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Publication Date: Mar 2016
In many respects, 2015 was a record year for British Columbia, too, both seasonally and for the year as a whole. To help us place last year’s conditions in BC into a historical and global context, PCIC Climatologist Dr. Faron Anslow offers his perspective on 2015. In brief, the warm winter saw records for daily maximum and minimum temperature broken in the southwest and this warmth continued into the spring, with the warmest minimum temperatures ever recorded in western and central BC and maximum temperature records broken in the north. While the summer and fall reverted to more typical conditions, the year overall remained exceptionally warm for the province.
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- Source Publication: Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 1 Publication Date: Dec 2009
- Source Publication: Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 1 Publication Date: Dec 2009
- Source Publication: In LINK, FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 20-21 Publication Date: Sep 2008
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- Source Publication: Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 1-8 Publication Date: Apr 2008
- Source Publication: Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 8-13 Publication Date: Apr 2008
- Source Publication: MFR Extension Note 87, BC Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria, BC Publication Date: Mar 2008