Oceans Archives - CMOS BULLETIN SCMO

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...

Cold Arctic outflow winds cool and reoxygenate coastal waters in Bute Inlet, British Columbia

Written on October 5, 2022.

– By Jennifer Jackson, Jody Klymak, Keith Holmes, Wiley Evans, Alex Hare, Charles Hannah, Bill Floyd, Laura Bianucci, Di Wan– Anthropogenic climate change has led to the warming (Johnson et Lumpkin,...

Future ocean changes: What can ecosystem models tell us?

Written on September 26, 2022.

– By Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz – Climate change is impacting all aspects of life across the globe. Oceans are becoming warmer and more acidic causing a cascade of consequences for marine life — heightened...

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...

Ship with a soul: a brief history of CSS/CCGS Hudson (1963-2022)

Written on July 10, 2022.

– By Donald Gordon- After serving the Canadian oceanographic community with distinction for almost sixty years, the CSS/CCGS Hudson is being retired. Her history and that of the Bedford Institute...

Assessing Drift and Dispersion in Models of the St. Lawrence Estuary

Written on July 4, 2022.

– By Donovan Allum – 1. Introduction The largest estuary in the world is the St. Lawrence Estuary and connects the – aptly named – St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of St. Lawrence...

Timothy R. Parsons – Obituary for the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Written on June 27, 2022.

Professor Timothy (Tim) R. Parsons (OC, FSRC) passed away in hospital on April 11, 2022, in the company of his family. Tim was one of Canada’s most eminent marine scientists and recipient of many national...

Listening to Narwhal

Written on February 3, 2022.

– By Kristin Westdal – Mittimatalik (formerly Pond Inlet) is a small hamlet on the north end of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Surrounded by mountains, rivers, and glaciers, the community...

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