Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories of 2018
– By David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada –
Weather changes in Canada are happening abruptly not subtly, rapidly not gradually.
Author: CMOS Bulletin SCMO
Message from the CMOS President for December 2018: Anthropogenic climate change and environmental sustainability
– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President –
To complete our review of the stewardship themes I identified at the time of the Halifax congress,...
In Memoriam: Terry J. Gillespie,
January 5, 1941 – December 2, 2018
Dr. Terry Gillespie, Professor Emeritus University of Guelph, passed away suddenly on December 2, 2018 following a brief illness. Terry was a well-known educator and researcher, who specialized in...
Catastrophes and The Insurance Industry
– by Laura Twidle, Director of Catastrophic Loss Analysis, Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) –
Catastrophes not only disrupt communities and people’s lives, but...
William (Bill) Andrew Gault, 1939-2018
William (Bill) Andrew Gault was born in Ottawa on May 25, 1939 and received his B.Sc. from Carleton University in 1961. In 1967 he completed a thesis entitled “A Study of the Twilight Airglow...
Seasonal Outlook for the winter 2018/19 (DJF) based on the official CanSIPS forecast issued on the 30th Nov. 2018
– By M. Markovic, B. Merryfield, K. Gauthier, M. Alarie, Environment and Climate Change Canada –
Seasonal Outlook (December, January, February) for 2018/19 temperature and precipitation in...
CMOS Statement on the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C
The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is the national society dedicated to advancing atmospheric, oceanic, and related environmental sciences in Canada. CMOS has more than...
A Look at Ontario’s Climate of the Future with the Ontario Climate Data Portal (OCDP)
– by Huaiping Zhu1, Ziwang Deng1, Jinliang Liu2, Xin Qiu3, Xiaoyu Chen1, Xiaolan Zhou1 –
Climate change is undeniable, and scientists around the world agree that in the coming decades...
