Ice, water and life are infinitely connected. Adventurer and PhD student in mountain hydrology, Caroline Aubry-Wake led a day-long hike to Farnham Glacier on behalf of Wildsight Invermere. The glacier supplies water to one of the main feeder streams at the head of the Columbia River in the Purcell Range.
Caroline's work with the Coldwater Laboratory in Canmore contributes to the understanding of how retreating glaciers, changing landscapes and a warming climate are affecting water resources in mountain basins in the Canadian cordillera.
“The occurrence and severity of wildfires is increasing. It is linked with climate change and past forest management, and has wide-ranging consequences for human activities and ecology,” said Caroline Aubry-Wake, a PhD candidate in USask’s College of Arts and Science and co-author of the study alongside supervisor Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) and fellow PhD candidate Andre Bertoncini. Both Aubry-Wake and Bertoncini are student members of the Global Institute for Water Security.
Link to the paper, "Fire and Ice: The Impact of Wildfire-Affected Albedo and Irradiance on Glacier Melt" doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002685
More info on Caroline: carolineaubrywake.weebly.com
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