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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...

Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning

Written on April 13, 2023.

– By Brian Golding – This book is a product of the 10-year High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project of the World Weather Research Programme in World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), drawing...

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...

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...

The birth of the HAWC

Written on November 7, 2022.

-By Hind Al-Abadleh, Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Adam Bourassa, and Kaley Walker- On October 18, 2022, The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced...

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...

Recap: PRODIGY field school on Quadra Island

Written on September 1, 2022.

– By Isabelle Lao – In May 2022, leading faculty from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Victoria (UVic), and Waterloo (UWaterloo) held a weeklong field school at the Hakai Coastal Ecological...