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How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature
As BC’s coastal mountain glaciers recede the effects alter ecosystems. Can human engineering begin to compensate? Second in a series.
Christopher Pollon covers business, environment and the politics of natural resources. He’s the author of
The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam. He tweets @C Pollon. SHARES Pacific white-sided dolphins cruise Knight Inlet. The fjord that receives the melting waters of the Klinaklini Glacier has been home to First Nations for millennia.
Photo: Knight Inlet Lodge. [Editor’s note: To read the first instalment of The Big Melt, a special Tyee series, go here.]