Blue Ice to Blue Carbon: Parks Canada Climate Science in BC

2025 is the UNESCO International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation! Learn the story of how glacial action 12,000 to 15,000 years ago created the mighty Fraser River, a designated Canadian Heritage River still fed by glacier meltwater. But today, climate change threatens this iconic river and the glaciers that feed it. Parks Canada climate change research near the Fraser River’s headwaters in BC’s Rocky Mountain glaciers track what’s being lost, while ‘blue carbon’ studies on BC’s coast, where the river meets the Pacific Ocean, may point to a potential solution.