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A Way Forward on the Climate Crisis

Written on May 14, 2024.

– By Geoff Strong and Richard van der Jagt – Time is short for gaining control over our climate before it hits a tipping point, after which we lose the opportunity to turn things...

Impact of different types of La Niña development on the precipitation in the Maritime Continent

Written on April 8, 2024.

– By Shanshan Zhong, Yuzhi Zhang, and Leishan Jiang – Research motivation The Maritime Continent (MC), located in the tropical region (10°S-20°N, 90°E- 150°E) , is the largest center of...

Weaving Indigenous and western ways of knowing can help Canada achieve its biodiversity goals

Written on February 20, 2024.

– By Lydia Johnson and Diane Orihel – This article was originally published on the Conversation under the Creative Commons License. The health of wildlife in Canada is socially,...

Ice coverage, stratification and mixing in the Kitikmeot Sea of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Written on January 29, 2024.

– By Chengzhu Xu and Qi Zhou – Figure 1: (a) Canadian Arctic Archipelago. (b) Kitikmeot Sea, which corresponds to the region enclosed by the red box in Panel (a). The red line segments...

Minding the Weather – How Expert Forecasters Think

Written on January 5, 2024.

– Review by Patrick McCarthy – Figure 1. Meteorological Service of Canada weather office forecast desk. Photo by the author (Patrick McCarthy) Mission-critical systems often rely on...

Is global warming causing Atlantification of the Barents Sea, a collapse of the North Atlantic currents, or neither?

Written on October 22, 2023.

– By Knut L. Seip and Hui Wang – This study is about the Barents Sea and two North Atlantic currents, the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the Atlantic...

The Great Smoke Pall of 1950 and Other “Dark Days” that have Blanketed Eastern North America

Written on September 24, 2023.

– By Kevin Hamilton – The extraordinary 2023 Canadian wildfire season has been in the public eye for much of this spring, but during June 7-8 the event entered a new phase of global...

Verification of Summer 2022 Canadian Temperature Forecasts from Four Different Organizations

Written on September 17, 2023.

– By George Isaac – Introduction The Canadian Public has access to weather forecasts from many diverse sources. However, it is difficult for the user to know the accuracy of such...

The Man Who Awoke

Written on September 14, 2023.

– Review by Kevin Hamilton – By Laurence Manning, originally published in 1933 in the magazine Wonder Stories; reprinted in 1975 in paperback by Ballentine Books 168 pp. ISBN...