Editing Saskatchewan (section)

==== Climate change ====
{{Main|Climate change in Saskatchewan}}
The effects of [[climate change in Saskatchewan]] are now being observed in parts of the province. Evidence of reduction of [[biomass (ecology)|biomass]] in Saskatchewan's [[boreal forests]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ma |first1=Zhihai |last2=Peng |first2=Changhui |last3=Zhu |first3=Qiuan |last4=Chen |first4=Huai |last5=Yu |first5=Guirui |last6=Li |first6=Weizhong |last7=Zhou |first7=Xiaolu |last8=Wang |first8=Weifeng |last9=Zhang |first9=Wenhua |title=Regional drought-induced reduction in the biomass carbon sink of Canada's boreal forests |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |date=2012 |volume=109 |issue=7 |pages=2423–2427 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1111576109 |pmid=22308340 |pmc=3289349 |bibcode=2012PNAS..109.2423M |doi-access=free }}</ref> (as with those of other [[Prairie provinces|Canadian prairie provinces]]) is linked by researchers to drought-related water stress, stemming from [[global warming]], most likely caused by [[greenhouse gas emissions]]. While studies as early as 1988 (Williams, et al., 1988) have shown climate change will affect agriculture,<ref>Williams, G.D.V., R.A. Fautley, K.H. Jones, R.B. Stewart, and E.E. Wheaton. 1988. "Estimating Effects of Climatic Change on Agriculture in Saskatchewan, Canada." p. 219–379. In M.L. Parry et al. (ed.) ''The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture''. Vol. 1 Assessment in Cool Temperate and Cold Regions. Reidel Publ. Co. Dordrecht.</ref> whether the effects can be mitigated through adaptations of [[cultivars]], or crops, is less clear. [[Resilience (ecology)|Resiliency]] of [[ecosystem]]s may decline with large changes in temperature.<ref>Riebsame. W.E. (1991). [https://www.colorado.edu/geography/class.../geog.../Travis_GP_sust.pdf "Sustainability of the Great Plains in an Uncertain Climate."]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Great Plains Research'' Vol.1 No.1, University of Nebraska</ref> The provincial government has responded to the threat of climate change by introducing a plan to reduce [[Greenhouse gas|carbon emissions]], "The Saskatchewan Energy and Climate Change Plan", in June 2007.