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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....

Greetings from the new Bulletin editor

Written on February 5, 2021.

Thank you, CMOS Bulletin readers, for welcoming me as the new editor of the Bulletin! As I’m sitting at my home in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal watching the snow fall, I’m able to reflect on how, in a year...

2020-2021 Arctic Winter Seasonal Climate Outlook for Temperature and Precipitation

Written on January 28, 2021.

– By contributors from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russia), Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute,...

2020-2021 Arctic Winter Seasonal Climate Outlook for Sea Ice

Written on November 20, 2020.

– By contributors from Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Quebec at Montreal, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Finnish...

The Challenge of Maintaining Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in a Warming World

Written on October 23, 2020.

– By David Levy – This article first appeared in The Province on September 13, 2020. Opinion: The DFO has done the right thing this year by closing Fraser sockeye fisheries. The return...

Message from the CMOS President: Planning for a Virtual Victoria Congress of 2021

Written on October 22, 2020.

– By Marek Stastna, CMOS President, and Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo – After a glorious stretch of humidity free summer weather, my southern Ontario...

Proposed Nomenclature for Fire-induced Vortices

Written on September 23, 2020.

– By Patrick McCarthy and Leanne Cormier – Extreme fire behaviour can manifest itself in many ways, violent tornado-like vortices being one example. On April 19, 2000, a large...

An Interview with Oceanographer Susan Allen about the Salish Sea

Written on September 12, 2020.

Marek: Hello, I am speaking with Professor Susan Allen, from the University of British Columbia’s Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science about one of her many research...

A Note on ECCC Radar Snowfall Estimates and Radar Data

Written on July 28, 2020.

Diar Hassan (Wood PLC, Ottawa ON), George Isaac (Weather Impacts Consulting Inc., Barrie ON), Peter Taylor (York University, Toronto ON), Daniel Michelson (Environment and Climate Change Canada...