Climate change, flood resilience, and the 2022 snowmelt season in Yukon

Snow Water Equivalent (SWE, amount of water contained in the snowpack) at Whitehorse airport is nearing it’s peak for Winter 2022.  While the snowpack can vary significantly from year to year, the graph above shows that there is an overall rising trend in SWE since 1966. The year-to-year variability also tends to increase, with a…Continue Reading Climate change, flood resilience, and the 2022 snowmelt season in Yukon