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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...

The CCGS Amundsen: A Success Story In Arctic Oceanography

Written on April 21, 2021.

– By Charles Brunette, Alice Le Guern-Lepage, Oreste Marquis, Noémie Planat, Antoine Savard and Sandrine Trotechaud (McGill University, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) –...

Validating the ability of a glider-mounted fisheries echosounder to measure mesozooplankton concentration throughout the water column

Written on April 12, 2021.

– By Delphine Mossman, M.Sc candidate, University of New Brnuswick – Despite their diminutive size, zooplankton are among the most important groups of animals on the planet.

Obituary of Dr. John R. N. Lazier: November 1, 1936 – March 9, 2021

Written on March 19, 2021.

– By Blair Greenan, Allyn Clarke and John Loder – We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. John Lazier on March 9, 2021. John was one of the original employees hired in 1960 during...

Amundsen Science Outreach Workshop

Written on March 4, 2021.

Workshop registration info: Amundsen Science Outreach Workshop – March 23, 2021 @ 1:00pm EDT

2021 CMOS Tour Speaker: Dr. Katja Fennel

Written on February 10, 2021.

Scientific lecture registration info: CMOS Virtual Tour Speaker – February 24, 2021 – Scientific Lecture @ 2:00pm ET Q & A session registration info: CMOS Virtual Tour Speaker –...

Black History Month for the Sciences

Written on February 10, 2021.

On May 25, 2020, Amy Cooper—a white Canadian woman—called the police on Christan Cooper—a black birdwatcher—after he asked her to leash her dog in an on-leash part of Central Park, New York City. From...