Episode 2 - Snow and Ice

2050: Degrees of Change by CBC

Jun 14, 201700:25:20Science & Medicine

Without snow, everything changes. In this episode, we reveal the downstream effects of record-low snow packs, melting glaciers and rising sea levels in British Columbia.

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