Side-by-side handout images, shown in infrared, taken by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite show the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers in Prince George, B.C. on May 3, 2023 (left) and April 19, 2024 (right).
Images showing narrow waterways are part of broader Canadian mission to better understand changing surface water levels.Side-by-side handout images, shown in infrared, show the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser rivers in Prince George, B.C., on May 3, 2023 and April 19, 2024 . Photos from the Canadian Space Agency are providing a new way of looking at the drought affecting much of British Columbia.
"It is a very impressive image to see," said Corinne Bourgault-Brunelle, mission scientist with the space agency.The Quesnel River as it meets the Fraser River in Quesnel, B.C., in May 2023, left, compared with May 2024. Its goal is to survey 90 per cent of Earth's surface water, providing new data on how lakes, rivers, oceans and reservoirs are changing over time.
Fort St. James, B.C., where the water appears shallower on April 22 of this year, right, as Stuart Lake feeds into Stuart River, compared with May 8, 2023, left. The Fort Nelson and Muskwa rivers also appear narrower, with more of their banks exposed compared with images taken in April 2023. Often, Prince George's Cottonwood Island Nature Park is closed due to flooding in the spring as the winter snowpack melts and surges down the Fraser and Nechako rivers, as seen in this May 2018 photo. This year, however, concerns are focused on a lack of water as the region deals with ongoing drought.
If the lack of rain continues, Campbell said, "then really we are on a path toward things that we haven't seen in recent memory."As wildfires worsen, Canada's space agency wants to become firefighters' eye in the sky
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