New research is giving us a glimpse of what’s in store for western Canadian glaciers in the coming decades.

A new study just published in the journal Science under the title Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters, concludes that the planet will witness the disappearance of most of the worlds glaciers within the next 80 years, especially within Western Canada. We checked in with one of the co-authors of this paper, Dr. Brian Menounos, a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia as well as a Hakai Institute affiliate and the Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change.