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Sea Ice Analysis and Forecasting: Towards an Increased Reliance on Automated Prediction Systems

Written on January 26, 2019.

– Review by André April, Environment and Climate Change Canada –

Edited by Tom Carrieres, Mark Buehner, Jean-François Lemieux and Leif Toudal Pedersen, Cambridge University Press, Hardback, 219 pages, ISBN: 9781108417426, $ 143.95 (CAD)

Sea ice is an important indicator of climate change as recent observations of declining ice amounts in the Arctic show. Automatic predictions available in real time are comparable to numerical environmental prediction models and may be very beneficial for national ice forecasting services, with applications to research and transport sectors, for example.

Photo of a lighthouse, wave crashing, and 3 hot air balloons, for David Phillips Top Ten Weather Stories of 2018

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories of 2018

Written on January 1, 2019.

– By David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada –

Weather changes in Canada are happening abruptly not subtly, rapidly not gradually.

image for message from CMOS president Paul Kushner on global warming shows a pocket watch half buried in sand

Message from the CMOS President for December 2018: Anthropogenic climate change and environmental sustainability

Written on December 29, 2018.

– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President –

To complete our review of the stewardship themes I identified at the time of the Halifax congress, it’s time to highlight environmental stewardship and sustainability, particularly in the area of anthropogenic climate change. The last two months have witnessed the increasingly urgent messages

Catastrophes and The Insurance Industry

Written on December 20, 2018.

– by Laura Twidle, Director of Catastrophic Loss Analysis, Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) –

Catastrophes not only disrupt communities and people’s lives, but they also have a major financial toll. In Canada, insured losses due to natural disasters have increased steadily over the past decade, and it is becoming more common for annual insured losses due to catastrophes to exceed $1B.

Seasonal Outlook for the winter 2018/19 (DJF) based on the official CanSIPS forecast issued on the 30th Nov. 2018

Written on December 7, 2018.

– By M. Markovic, B. Merryfield, K. Gauthier, M. Alarie, Environment and Climate Change Canada –

Seasonal Outlook (December, January, February) for 2018/19 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes a cooler winter in the Hudson Bay region, a warmer one all along the west coast and up in to Canada’s North, and near normal precipitation levels for much of the country.

CMOS Statement on the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C

Written on November 22, 2018.

The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is the national society dedicated to advancing atmospheric, oceanic, and related environmental sciences in Canada. CMOS has more than 800 members from Canada’s major research centres, universities, private corporations and government institutes. CMOS is uniquely positioned to provide expert advice to Canadians on the science of climate change.

A Look at Ontario’s Climate of the Future with the Ontario Climate Data Portal (OCDP)

Written on November 7, 2018.

– by Huaiping Zhu¹, Ziwang Deng¹, Jinliang Liu², Xin Qiu³, Xiaoyu Chen¹, Xiaolan Zhou¹ –

Climate change is undeniable, and scientists around the world agree that in the coming decades the effects of a warming planet are only going to become more and more felt. What does climate change mean for Ontario? The development of the Ontario Climate Data Portal (OCDP)

photo shows five coloured dandelion seed pods for Paul Kushner message for October 2018.

Message from the CMOS President for October 2018:
Standing Together: Effective Advocacy for CMOS

Written on October 23, 2018.

– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President –

This month I want to focus on the stewardship theme of advocacy for our CMOS community. Advocacy covers many facets of our activities,

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IFMS: Uniting Meteorologists Around the World

Written on October 12, 2018.

– An Interview with Harinder Ahluwalia, IFMS President, by Bulletin Editor Sarah Knight –

What does the IFMS do?

The International Forum of Meteorological Societies (IFMS) represents National Hydro-Met Societies (NHMSocs) and creates collaboration between them