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Historical Weather Data Rescue with McGill’s DRAW (Data Rescue: Archives and Weather), in Canada and around the world

Written on August 20, 2019.

– By Victoria Slonosky, McGill University, Montreal, Canada – To know how the climate is changing, we need to know what the climate was like in the past. Historical weather records are...

Climate in the Age of Empire: Weather Observers in Colonial Canada

Written on August 10, 2019.

– Review by Richard Leduc, Ph.D., AirMet Science Inc., rleduc@airmetscience.com – By Victoria C. Slonosky, Published by the American Meteorological Society, paperback, 288 pages, ISBN...

Verner Suomi – The life and work of the founder of satellite meteorology

Written on July 19, 2019.

– Review by Lewis Poulin – By John M. Lewis, Published by the American Meteorological Society, paperback, 168 pages, ISBN 9781944970222, $30.00 (USD) – “Processing satellite data...

Women in Meteorology in Canada: The Early Days

Written on July 2, 2019.

– By Rebecca Milo – In 2017, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) celebrated its 50th anniversary. Spurred by that, CMOS decided to look back at the early days...

Changing of the Guard: Paul Kushner Hands CMOS Presidency Over to Kimberly Strong

Written on June 29, 2019.

Message from the Outgoing President, Paul Kushner: It’s hard to believe that my time as CMOS President is coming so quickly to a close and that these will be my final ‘Words’ to this great...

The Ice at the End of the World

Written on June 22, 2019.

– Review by Phil Chadwick, Meteorologist and Eco-Artist – By Jon Gertner, Published by Penguin Random House, Hardcover, 448 pages, ISBN 9780812996623, $28.00 (USD) You can’t make this...

Seasonal Outlook for the Summer 2019 (JJA) Based on CanSIPS Forecast Issued on the 31st May 2019

Written on June 3, 2019.

– By M. Markovic, M. Alarie, Environment and Climate Change Canada – Seasonal Outlook for summer 2019 (June, July, August) in Canada includes warmer temperatures in British Columbia and the...

Message from the CMOS President for April 2019: Building Resilience to Climate Change, with Grace under Pressure

Written on May 13, 2019.

– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President – The warnings started in mid April: a deep and rapidly melting central/eastern Canadian snowpack and...

Photo shows a smiliing Bob Kochtubajda, caucasian man, balding with glasses, for his article on the 2014 wildfire season in the NWT

Extreme 2014 wildfire season in the Northwest Territories

Written on April 29, 2019.

– By Bob Kochtubajda1, Ron Stewart2, Mike Flannigan3, Barrie Bonsal1, Charles Cuell4, and Curtis Mooney1 – 1. Environment and Climate Change Canada; 2. University of Manitoba,...