Western Canada Glaciers Record Second Worse Ice Loss

8th February 2026

Researchers estimate 30 gigatonnes of ice melted in 2025 and warn “glaciers are going to disappear”.

The climate researcher Brian Menounos, the chief scientist at the Airborne Coastal Observatory of the Hakai Institute, says last year turned out to be the second worst year on record for glacier loss in western Canada.

“We have to understand that it’s not a question of if the glaciers are going to disappear, they are going to disappear.”

“What we’re finding is that these glaciers are disappearing much faster than previously projected.”

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Icefields Parkway, Lake Louise to Jasper. Image © PlanetSKI

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Icefields Parkway, Lake Louise to Jasper. Image Image © PlanetSKI

Icefields Parkway, Lake Louise to Jasper. Image Image © PlanetSKI