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 A river runs through it; Fraser plays part in global study measuring effect of climate change

falsePynn, Larry.The Vancouver Sun [Vancouver, B.C] 17 Apr 2012: A.12.

Long after the season's last salmon has migrated upstream to spawn and die, the river gives little reason to consider its importance on a global basis. [...] that is, you chat with scientist Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, who is reaching out from a wooden dock to obtain a water sample with a plastic jug.

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It can be easy to take the Fraser River for granted. From the muddy banks next to the former Albion ferry terminal, the sediment-laced waters seem to flow reliably, unchanging day after day to the Fraser delta at the Pacific Ocean.

Long after the season's last salmon has migrated upstream to spawn and die, the river gives little reason to consider its importance on a global basis.

 
Patti Wilson, April 14, 2014