– By Rick Danielson Jr –
A statistician and physicist were discussing an experiment over a pot of tea, when this hypothetical exchange occurred: “I know we are working in the right units,...
Arctic Awesome: The Story of the ‘Cool’ Students of ‘Not Cool’
– By Halah Mhanni, Safia Soussi and Amy Mann –
It is well known that the Arctic is warming around twice the global average, three times the global average in Canada. This substantial rate...
The retreat of Arctic glaciers that end in the ocean since 2000
– By Will Kochtitzky and Luke Copland –
The glacier-ocean interface is a dynamic part of glacier and fjord systems. All glaciers, both land and marine-terminating, lose mass due to melt,...
Peatlands at COP26
– By Lorna Harris –
Our planet is warming, and this will have profound impacts on ecosystems and the species that depend on them, including us. This was one of the main messages of the new...
First-ever Weather and Water Project WET Workshop
– By CWRA Project WET Canada –
The first joint CWRA Project WET Canada and Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) activity was a one-day workshop cohosted for the Association...
Declining numbers of stations and automation of surface snow depth observations pose important challenges for applications requiring long term consistent surface snow depth information over Canada
– By Ross D. Brown –
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) snow depth observing stations represent the primary surface snow depth observing network in Canada, providing real-time...
Listening to Narwhal
– By Kristin Westdal –
Mittimatalik (formerly Pond Inlet) is a small hamlet on the north end of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Surrounded by mountains, rivers, and glaciers, the community...
Why 400+ academics wrote to the Finance Minister
– By Haley Alcock following an interview with Dr. Christina Hoicka –
On January 19, 2022, in an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland 400+ academics and researchers urged the...
Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2021
– By David Phillips –
This article was originally published by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Introduction
Not in 26 years of releasing the Top 10 Weather Events has there been anything...