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Weather in the Courtroom

Written on December 4, 2017.

– Review by Daryl O’Dowd MSC ACM CO, Consulting Industrial Meteorologist (odowd@weatherdyne.com) – Book by William H. Haggard, Published by the American Meteorological Society, Paperback...

Message from the CMOS President: Why has the CMOS Bulletin moved to an on-line format?

Written on October 31, 2017.

– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – The CMOS Bulletin is embarking on a new adventure. We are no longer publishing a print version! I must confess to being sceptical about this initiative...

Image shows a bird's eye view of a large city, with the sun rising at the horizon.

Adaptation to Global Warming: Inevitable, Prepare Now*

Written on October 24, 2017.

– By John Hollins – Attention by civil society and governments to global warming in the 1990’s was a sequel to action on both acidic precipitation and depletion of the stratospheric ozone...

Convenient Mistruths: A Novel of Intrigue, Danger, and Global Warming

Written on October 23, 2017.

– Review by Edward Lozowski, Professor Emeritus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta – Book by Geoff Strong, Published by Geoff Strong, Paperback 246 pages ISBN 978-0-9952883-0-0,...

A New Option for at Sea Canadian Ocean Science?

Written on October 23, 2017.

– By Donald Reid and Douglas Bancroft, Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility (CSSF) – The Canadian Coast Guard’s ability to support Canadian Ocean Science with ship time and facilities...

Wind-Driven Upwelling and Seawater Chemistry in British Columbia’s Shellfish Aquaculture Capital

Written on October 20, 2017.

– By Ben Moore-Maley(1), Debby Ianson(2), Susan Allen(1); 1: Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia; 2: Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of...

A Piece of History: The Canadian Chronometric Radiosonde

Written on October 19, 2017.

– By Kenneth A. Devine – While temperature profiles to the tropopause had been conducted in Canada for research purposes starting in 1911 (Devine & Strong, 2009), operational upper...

Photograph of the UBC Glider in the water, used for the study of baleen whale habitats of Roseway Basin, NS. Glider is a long yellow tube, with wings and a tail fin. It is shown floating just beneath the surface of the water.

Ocean Gliders to Study Baleen Whale Habitat in Roseway Basin

Written on September 1, 2017.

– By T. Howatt(1) T. Ross(2), S. Waterman(1); 1: University of British Columbia, 2: Institute of Ocean Sciences – Canadian coastal waters are interspersed with baleen whale habitats, some...

Photograph to accompany the CMOS presidents message. Photo is taken from the surface of an open body of water, with a setting sun in the background

Message from CMOS President: Looking Back While Moving Forward

Written on September 1, 2017.

– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – In 1980, I left my job in Toronto as a Senior Environmental Scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Environment and moved to Ottawa to join...