OTTAWA, Dec. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Glacier cover in the Canadian Rockies is
nearing its lowest point in 10,000 years and water levels on the country's
biggest river of St. Lawrence have fallen significantly in the last century, it
is reported here Friday.
About 1,300 of Canada's glaciers have lost between 25 percent and 75 percent of
their mass since 1850, Statistics Canada said Wednesday in a report entitled
Human Activity and the Environment.
The report said most of the losses have been recorded in the last 50 years.
"Along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, glacier cover is receding
rapidly and is now close to its lowest level in 10,000 years," the report added.
On the St. Lawrence river, levels at Montreal "averaged two meters above the
long-term average low-water mark at the outset ofthe last century."
Matthew Bramley, director of climate change at Alberta's Pembina Institute ...