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Peatlands at COP26

Written on April 29, 2022.

– By Lorna Harris – Our planet is warming, and this will have profound impacts on ecosystems and the species that depend on them, including us. This was one of the main messages of the new...

First-ever Weather and Water Project WET Workshop

Written on February 23, 2022.

– By CWRA Project WET Canada – The first joint CWRA Project WET Canada and Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) activity was a one-day workshop cohosted for the Association...

Declining numbers of stations and automation of surface snow depth observations pose important challenges for applications requiring long term consistent surface snow depth information over Canada

Written on February 14, 2022.

– By Ross D. Brown – Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) snow depth observing stations represent the primary surface snow depth observing network in Canada, providing real-time...

Listening to Narwhal

Written on February 3, 2022.

– By Kristin Westdal – Mittimatalik (formerly Pond Inlet) is a small hamlet on the north end of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Surrounded by mountains, rivers, and glaciers, the community...

Why 400+ academics wrote to the Finance Minister

Written on January 28, 2022.

– By Haley Alcock following an interview with Dr. Christina Hoicka – On January 19, 2022, in an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland 400+ academics and researchers urged the...

Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2021

Written on January 12, 2022.

– By David Phillips – This article was originally published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Introduction Not in 26 years of releasing the Top 10 Weather Events has there been anything...

As climate science researchers and educators, we need to do more for our students than just teach them about their dismal futures

Written on January 5, 2022.

– By Dr. Heather Short – I resigned from my tenured position teaching climate science at a small college in August of this year. It wasn’t to take a better job offer, or to use as a bargaining...

André Robert: One of the very first scientists to successfully perform a simulation of the atmosphere’s general circulation at the global scale using a computer model

Written on December 31, 2021.

– By Christopher Smith – Background Dr. André Robert (April 28, 1929 – November 18, 1993) was a Canadian meteorologist and research pioneer in modelling the Earth’s atmospheric circulation....

Advancing Canadian Researcher Involvement in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: Town Hall Outcomes form December 3, 2021

Written on December 16, 2021.

– By Alexa Goodman – Friday, December 3, 2021: An interdisciplinary and intergenerational group of 40 Canadian marine researchers came together for a town hall to sketch an actionable path...