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Too far from shore—the fate of the Franklin expedition

Written on March 27, 2023.

– By Robert W. Park and Douglas R. Stenton – Background The basic details are well-known: in May of 1845 two Royal Navy ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed Great Britain under the...

Adaptation planning: An interdisciplinary approach to climate change risk reduction

Written on February 28, 2023.

– By Sarah Kehler, S. Jeff Birchall- Climate change presents a complex and unprecedented problem. As temperatures rise, the global climate is becoming increasingly unstable. Climate impacts,...

Keeping Watch Over Prince Edward Island’s Coastline

Written on February 21, 2023.

– UPEI Climate Lab team led by Dr. Adam Fenech, and including Dr. Xander Wang, Don Jardine, Ross Dwyer, Andy MacDonald, Luke Meloche, and Catherine Kennedy – Coastal erosion is the primary...

Will Greenland be really ‘Green’ after losing its ice mass?

Written on January 30, 2023.

-By Xander Wang, Pelin Kinay, Aminur Shah, and Quan Dau- Many people believe that, due to global warming, a longstanding myth about Greenland might be the reality – a ‘green’ land, resembling its name...

Bias Correcting Surface Snow Water Equivalent Estimates using Machine Learning

Written on January 22, 2023.

-By Fraser King- During Canada’s cold winters, snowpacks that aren’t consistently plowed or hovelled slowly grow in size and density. From a water-balance perspective, these snowpacks act as ephemeral...

Tornadoes on the Canadian Prairies: 1826-1939 — Part 2, Project Results

Written on January 17, 2023.

-By Patrick McCarthy and Jay Anderson- Abstract Kendrew and Currie (1955) commented on prairie tornadoes in their 1955 publication The Climate of Central Canada: “…they probably occur in Alberta and...

Tornadoes on the Canadian Prairies: 1826-1939 — Part 1, Project Overview

Written on January 17, 2023.

-By Patrick McCarthy and Jay Anderson- Abstract Our project was to develop the most comprehensive and accurate database of Canadian prairie tornadoes. We have completed the period from 1826 to 1939....

Collaborating to Support Canadian Resiliency at CatIQ Connect

Written on January 9, 2023.

-By Caroline Floyd- Hurricane Fiona, flooding in British Columbia, massive hailstorms in Calgary – catastrophic events have increasingly captured Canadian headlines in recent years. Insured losses to...

The importance of coastal foredunes as a nature-based solution for shoreline protection: What Hurricane Fiona tells us

Written on December 16, 2022.

-By Jeff Ollerhead, Robin Davidson-Arnott, and Bernard O. Bauer- Figure 1: A) Foredune erosion at the Greenwich Dunes eastern beach access post-Fiona (photo taken west to east). The inset shows the...