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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...

Advancing Canadian Researcher Involvement in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: Town Hall Outcomes form December 3, 2021

Written on December 16, 2021.

– By Alexa Goodman – Friday, December 3, 2021: An interdisciplinary and intergenerational group of 40 Canadian marine researchers came together for a town hall to sketch an actionable path...

A Town Hall to Increase Canadian Participation in the UN Decade of the Ocean

Written on November 26, 2021.

Are there Canadian marine researchers who want to work together on proposing research related decade activities and actions?

UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Profiled at the 2021 CMOS Congress Town Hall Session

Written on August 23, 2021.

– By Andi White and Helen Joseph – Overview The 2021 CMOS Congress, under the theme of Climate Change – Risk, Resilience, Response, provided an opportunity to showcase efforts emerging under...

Ocean School – An unforgettable virtual experience

Written on August 2, 2021.

– By Heather Delagran and Sonya Lee – Imagine you are flying over the lush temperate rainforest of British Columbia’s central coast. Thick vegetation covers the ground between towering trees....

Fog over Sable Island

Written on June 21, 2021.

– By Li Cheng, Zheqi Chen, Peter Taylor, Yongsheng Chen and George Isaac – Introduction Marine fog occurs frequently offshore from Atlantic Canada. It can cause problems for helicopter flights...

Why Canada Urgently Needs to Support a Global Plastic Treaty

Written on May 21, 2021.

– By Tom Gammage – Plastic pollution is widely recognised as one of the most salient environmental and human health crises of the modern time. From extraction of the fossil fuels used to...