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Water restrictions, drought & climate change – ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts available
Metro Vancouver moves to Stage 2 water restrictions as of Friday (August 4) in response to severe drought conditions and the ongoing hot and dry summer, which is also contributing to a record-breaking wildfire season across the province and country.
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to discuss issues of water security, management, climate change and natural hazards.
AVAILABLE ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EXPERTS
ZAFAR ADEEL, professor of professional practice, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering
zadeel@sfu.ca
Expertise: Water security, climate change adaptation, safe drinking water, water-energy-food nexus, integrated water resources management, water-health nexus, desertification, flooding and the economic impacts.
JOHN CLAGUE, professor emeritus, Earth Sciences, CRC Chair in Natural Hazard Science
jclague@sfu.ca
Expertise: The link between extreme weather events and climate change, natural disasters
BRENDAN MURPHY, assistant professor, School of Environmental Science
brendan_murphy@sfu.ca
Expertise: Geomorphology, ecological dynamics of river streams, climactic controls on landscape evolution. Leads the at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV.
CONTACT
MELISSA SHAW, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Communications & Marketing
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca
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778.782.3210
ABOUT SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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