CBC Alberta and Saskatchewan have teamed up for a new pilot series on weather and climate change on the prairies. High pollen counts, being driven in part by last year's heat dome, are causing drifts to form on beaches such as this one at West Lake near Prince George, B.C. Pollen counts have been high across much of Western Canada, according to Daniel Coates, director of Aerobiology Research Laboratories in Ontario. Heat is a driving factorCooke says that a tree's pollen development operates on a delay. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2022 16:39 UTC