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The Evolution of Canada’s Weather Enterprise: 150 years Anniversary Symposium

Written on August 3, 2023.

– By Stella Melo, Mireille Chaput-Dyer and Paul Joe – Abstract The virtual CMOS-MSC Symposium on 150 Years of Weather Services in Canada, took place during the CMOS Congress in 2021. It...

Obituary notice for Dr. Peter Summers

Written on May 6, 2023.

Husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, scientist, tennis and badminton player, bridge player, world traveller and dessert lover. Peter passed away peacefully and surrounded by his children...

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...

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,...

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....

Retrospective: Robie W. Macdonald, OC, FRSC (1947-2022)

Written on October 24, 2022.

-By Sophia C. Johannessen and Jules M. Blais- This retrospective was first published on FACETS on 22 September 2022. Robie (Rob) Macdonald studied large-scale ocean systems, including the global carbon...

Ocean Decade Community of Practice

Written on September 6, 2022.

– By Jia Yi Fan – The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (referred to as Ocean Decade) is an effort to catalyze action and innovation in order to achieve “the science...

Thermal stratification in lakes determines where fish are, but also modifies how well acoustic telemetry can detect them

Written on July 31, 2022.

– By Mathew Wells, Yulong Kuai, and Yulu Shi – The habitat usage of fish in large lakes and the coastal ocean is in part determined by thermal stratification, whereby fish choose regions that match...