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Ocean School – An unforgettable virtual experience

Written on August 2, 2021.

– By Heather Delagran and Sonya Lee – Imagine you are flying over the lush temperate rainforest of British Columbia’s central coast. Thick vegetation covers the ground between towering trees....

Weather and Situation Awareness in Aviation

Written on July 16, 2021.

– By Hyun Su Seong – Introduction Pilots in general or commercial aviation rely on accurate weather forecasts to avoid dangerous cell activities during instrument meteorological conditions....

Incoming President’s Message from Jim Abraham

Written on July 9, 2021.

Early in my career, while training to be an operational meteorologist 43 years ago, I signed up to become a member of CMOS. It was an exciting time. Since then, CMOS membership has enabled me to remain...

Advice for Aspiring Meteorologists

Written on June 28, 2021.

– By Christopher Poitras – I was fortunate enough to organize and moderate an amazing webinar that enabled students with a meteorology interest and early-career meteorologists to learn and...

Fog over Sable Island

Written on June 21, 2021.

– By Li Cheng, Zheqi Chen, Peter Taylor, Yongsheng Chen and George Isaac – Introduction Marine fog occurs frequently offshore from Atlantic Canada. It can cause problems for helicopter flights...

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Outgoing President’s Message from Marek Stastna

Written on June 14, 2021.

– By Marek Stastna – In any other year, this article would probably start with something along the lines of “looking back at my year as President, I am not sure where the time went”. Given...

Rethinking the way we fly

Written on May 31, 2021.

– By Mathilde Jutras – Climate scientists, like CMOS members, fly a lot. Actually, they even fly a bit more than other scientists

Why Canada Urgently Needs to Support a Global Plastic Treaty

Written on May 21, 2021.

– By Tom Gammage – Plastic pollution is widely recognised as one of the most salient environmental and human health crises of the modern time. From extraction of the fossil fuels used to...

The Essential Role of Climate Scientists in Canada’s Climate Plan

Written on May 18, 2021.

– By G.S. Strong and Garth Mihalcheon – Introduction Covid-19, political tensions and the U.S. presidential election and its aftermath have dominated news and social media coverage for...