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Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (sun, UV 1981–2010) [4] [32], (July record high humidex) [33], Extremes (1880–1943) [34] Note: climate data was collected near downtown Edmonton from July 1880 to June 1943, and at Edmonton City Centre Airport (Blatchford Field) from October 1937 to present.
A further consequence of climate change will be an increase in precipitation by 4.5%-7.1% in Ontario and a possible increase of 3.2%-17.5% by 2080. [23] It is anticipated that climate change could have dramatic effects on species such as the monarch butterfly, the massassauga rattlesnake, the eastern ribbon snake, and the eastern whip-poor-will ...
[12]: 42–43 [17] Western moose were introduced to this park from Alberta's Elk Island National Park between 1947 and 1948, the native eastern moose having been hunted to near-extinction. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Parks Canada started a four-year project with the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources and other partners to begin to restore boreal forest ...
In August 2007, the Ontario government released Go Green: Ontario's Action Plan on Climate Change. The plan established three targets: a 6% reduction in emissions by 2014, 15% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. The government has committed to report annually on the actions it is taking to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change. [116]
The pipeline has been transporting crude oil and refined petroleum since the 1950s from Edmonton, Alberta, to British Columbia and Washington state. [ 15 ] Before coming to a large oil storage facility on the scenic Pacific coast, the Trans Mountain pipeline passes two provinces, flows through a national park in the Rocky Mountains, dips ...
ID Ecozone Total area (km²) 01 Arctic Cordillera: 242,190 02 Northern Arctic: 1,507,872 03 Southern Arctic: 839,760 04 Taiga Plains: 652,125 05 Taiga Shield
At the turn of the 21st century, oil sands development in Canada started to take off, with an expansion at the Suncor mine, a new mine and expansion at Syncrude, and a new mine by Royal Dutch Shell associated with their new Scotford Upgrader near Edmonton. Three new large steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects were added – Foster ...
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (sun, UV 1981–2010) [85] [111], (July record high humidex) [112], Extremes (1880–1943) [113] Note: climate data was collected near downtown Edmonton from July 1880 to June 1943, and at Edmonton City Centre Airport (Blatchford Field) from October 1937 to present.