2009July23: The summer flow of rivers flowing east from the Rockies has decreased by about 60% of their historical average as warming temperatures have reduced the size of glaciers in the Rockies, according to David Schindler, an ecologist at the University of Alberta (Economist.com, 2009).
Reference: Economist.com http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14094060
Image Description: Banff, Canada, from the top of Sulphur Mountain. The image has been corrected so that the horizon is horizontal. Photo by Borbrav, 2005July. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banff_from_Sulphur_Mtn_2005.jpg Image Permission: This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, Borbrav at the wikipedia project. This applies worldwide.
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