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Ocean Science, Ships and Sovereignty

Written on June 27, 2025.

– By Douglas W.R. Wallace – The sudden, but not unexpected, decommissioning in January 2022, of the Canadian Coast Guard’s East Coast research vessel CCGS Hudson, following a long...

The possible role of icebergs in the origin of the North Atlantic Cold Blob

Written on June 27, 2025.

– By David Allan and Richard Allan – Many people with an interest in ocean science will have come across the Cold Blob or ‘warming hole’, a region between the main North Atlantic...

Lessons learnt from Beyond the Horizon: a remotely operated field campaign

Written on November 11, 2024.

– By Muriel Dunn and Martin Ludvigsen – Figure 1: Field campaign took place in Mausund (blue start) while researchers and vehicle operators were participating from Trondheim (red...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....