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Working Together for the Arctic: The Arctic Regional Climate Centre Network (ArcRCC)

Written on February 19, 2019.

– by Michael Crowe, Katherine Wilson, and John Parker – The effects of climate change are being felt around the world, but nowhere as intensely and as obviously as in the Arctic. Many...

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,...

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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.

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...