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    The Fire This Time: Facing the Reality of Climate Change

    June 12, 2023 – Columbia Climate School – COVID-19, invasive species, and the spread of persistent chemicals and plastics provide…+

    Wildfires in forests of Canada and Russia put climate scientists on alert

    May 13, 2023 – Financial Times – Unusual drought conditions in Alberta temporarily shut oil and gas production. According to…+

    Extreme drought could hurt future beef supply in U.S. and Canada, experts warn

    Feb. 20, 2023 – Global News – An uptick in drought and other extreme weather events has beef farmers in the U.S. and Canada…+

    I Lived Through A Year of ‘Weather Whiplash’ In Our Weird, Warming World

    Dec. 4, 2022 – CNET – After praying for rain for weeks, the US state that saw some of the…+

    Water adaptations

    With climate change, water will become an overall more precious and precarious resource in Manitoba. On this page, we deal…+

    Health adaptations

    Universal public health care is well-established in Canada. Therefore, we may only need to modify education, monitoring, or surveillance measures…+

    Community adaptation

    On this page, you will learn about adaptation in: Urban centres Extreme weather events Drought Heat stress Green space Rural communities Flooding…+

    Agricultural adaptation

    On this page we deal with two aspects of agricultural adaptation in Manitoba Key issues Moisture Insects, weeds, & disease…+

    Adaptation

    In this section you will find suggestions for adaptations and ways to enhance adaptive capacity in the following areas in…+

    Water quantity

    Although overall precipitation levels may not change significantly, we may see an overall reduction in the quantity of water in…+

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