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CMOS Congress Outstanding Presentations

Written on August 26, 2024.

On June 3-6, 2024, the 58th annual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress was held virtually with help from the Winnipeg Centre and the BC Interior-Yukon Centre. The theme of the...

Marine Magnetic Mapping in the Passamaquoddy Bay Seismic Subzone

Written on August 3, 2024.

– By John Evangelatos, Karl E. Butler, Jennifer Adam, William A. Morris – Figure 1. Map of the Passamaquoddy Bay (PB) region displaying epicentres of earthquakes with magnitudes above 2...

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 in...

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 multidecadal...

Tackling planetary threats through innovative technology

Written on October 22, 2023.

– By Karly McMullen – On the ocean, sailors know to expect the unexpected. In fleeting moments, puffs of air hint at humongous animals below, dolphins come to dance on the bow and dynamic...

CONCEPTS Science Workshop Report

Written on September 6, 2023.

– By Smith, G.C., P. Pernica, Y. Lu, N. Soontiens, R. Horwitz, F. Dupont, M. Dunphy, Y. LeClainche, I. Gaboury, F. Davidson, C. Bourgault-Brunelle, A. Leroux, A. Holdsworth, D. Lavoie, R. Hourston,...

What’s in a water sample? Harnessing the power of eDNA analysis for species detections in freshwater ecosystems

Written on August 29, 2023.

– By Rina Guxholli – Long before the world of environmental DNA was introduced to ecologists, forensic biology was already harnessing the power of DNA as a tracer for who, or what, may have...

Uncertainty in Canada’s Marine Carbon Sink

Written on August 19, 2023.

– By Patrick Duke – Improving our understanding of how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide is critical to climate change mitigation efforts. Canada’s surrounding waters act as a net sink for...

Does anthropogenic noise impact Arctic whales’ acoustics?

Written on July 6, 2023.

– By Kimberly Franklin – Figure 1. Main research vessel, M/V Kiviuq I, in Baffin Bay. More opportunities for human activities such as shipping, fishing, and military exercises are arising...