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Obituary notice for Emeritus Professor Isztar Zawadzki (1939 – 2023)

Written on April 9, 2023.

– By Jacques Derome, Frédéric Fabry, Henry Leighton and Man K. (Peter) Yau – On February 11th, 2023, Emeritus Professor Isztar Zawadzki, internationally known for his ground-breaking work...

Satellite SSS : A Monitoring Tool for the Gulf of St. Lawrence?

Written on April 2, 2023.

– By Jacqueline Dumas, Julien Laliberté, and Denis Gilbert – The use of satellite remote sensing technology to monitor the Gulf of St. Lawrence was first demonstrated in 1961 when TIROS-2...

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....