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Source: Theo Mlynowski, UNBC
increase by 0.4 degrees Celsius and with yet another 2.54 degrees Celsius in another 40
years. Figure 4b and 1c illustrates that the colder temperatures will be experienced in the
mountains, whereas warmer temperatures will occur in the lower areas.
To put this figure in perspective, worldwide, a 2 degree increase is expected to increase sea
level rise 0.5 to 2 metres by the year 2100 from the melting of ice caps in west Antarctica
and Greenland. As a result, coastal areas where hundreds of millions of people currently live
will
get flooded. The B2 scenario predicts a more moderate warming of 1.02 °C and 1.72 °C
for the 2020’s and 205 0’s,
respectively.
It is difficult to relate to the average weather that takes place across the whole XGCA. To
provide a perspective of how varied the MAT will be even in a relatively small area like the
XGCA when compared to the whole Cariboo‐Chilcotin Area, the study prepared a graph that
compares the temperature of the XGCA to the temperatures expected at the Xeni Gwet’in
Government office in the Nemiah Valley. Figure 5 shows that for each of the time frames, the
Xeni Gwet’in Government office is about 1 degree warmer than the average throughout the
XGCA. This is a result stemming from the fact that the office is in the valley. For both A1F1
and B2 scenarios, temperatures increases will be relatively consistent over the landscape.
Figure 5: Comparison of Mean Annual Temperature (MAT).
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