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Common factors across Canada were a quick snow melt, sometimes due to a below-average snowpack, and the warmest May-June period in more than 80 years. [2] Moderate to severe drought conditions from British Columbia to northern Ontario persisted until fall. [3] The rapid spread of the 2023 Canadian wildfires was exacerbated by the drought.
For Canada, real-time information on pasture conditions, on-farm surface water supplies, and several drought indices are provided in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Drought Watch [6] web site. The site monitors the risk and status of drought over major agricultural regions of the country and also promotes practices to reduce drought ...
The area has witnessed an increased frequency of wildfires, as Canada's wildfire season now starts a month earlier than it used to and the annual area burned is twice what it was in 1970. [41] In 2023, fires in Canada were estimated to have released 480 megatonnes of carbon, 23% of the world's wildfire-related carbon emissions for the year. [42]
There have been 3,055 fires so far this year in Canada, destroying more than 30,000 square miles - an area twice the size of Switzerland. The fires caused air quality to plummet across large parts ...
As of Dec. 31, 70% of the country was abnormally dry or in drought, according to Agriculture Canada, with the worst conditions in southern Alberta, western Saskatchewan and north-central British ...
Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have raised the risk of a repeat of last year’s record-breaking wildfires, prompting federal ministers to wave a red warning flag ...
More fresh water for Canada and the United States to stabilize Great Lakes and St. Lawrence water levels and to relieve water shortages and droughts in western Canada and in the south-west U.S. and in particular to halt the depletion and start the replenishment of the Ogallala Aquifer via water export; Improved fisheries and shipping in Hudson Bay.
"An extreme drought like the one that we're in right now, that frankly came out of nowhere,” Aggarwala said. While anticipated wetter conditions in the coming weeks might offer temporary relief ...