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Fog over Sable Island

Written on June 21, 2021.

– By Li Cheng, Zheqi Chen, Peter Taylor, Yongsheng Chen and George Isaac – Introduction Marine fog occurs frequently offshore from Atlantic Canada. It can cause problems for helicopter flights...

sunset behind a grassy field with trees in the back

Outgoing President’s Message from Marek Stastna

Written on June 14, 2021.

– By Marek Stastna – In any other year, this article would probably start with something along the lines of “looking back at my year as President, I am not sure where the time went”. Given...

Rethinking the way we fly

Written on May 31, 2021.

– By Mathilde Jutras – Climate scientists, like CMOS members, fly a lot. Actually, they even fly a bit more than other scientists

Why Canada Urgently Needs to Support a Global Plastic Treaty

Written on May 21, 2021.

– By Tom Gammage – Plastic pollution is widely recognised as one of the most salient environmental and human health crises of the modern time. From extraction of the fossil fuels used to...

The Essential Role of Climate Scientists in Canada’s Climate Plan

Written on May 18, 2021.

– By G.S. Strong and Garth Mihalcheon – Introduction Covid-19, political tensions and the U.S. presidential election and its aftermath have dominated news and social media coverage for...

A Message from the CMOS President, Spring 2021

Written on May 7, 2021.

– By Marek Stastna – As I sit down to write my comments, it seems that the Southern Ontario spring has finally sprung. Outside of my bedroom/office windows, the grass is green, the odd tree...

Climate Science for the People

Written on April 29, 2021.

– By Haley Alcock from an interview with Dr. Jennifer Gobby – Last September, as the Day for Climate Action was approaching, the Climate Scenarios, Impacts and Modelling Lab at Concordia...

The CCGS Amundsen: A Success Story In Arctic Oceanography

Written on April 21, 2021.

– By Charles Brunette, Alice Le Guern-Lepage, Oreste Marquis, Noémie Planat, Antoine Savard and Sandrine Trotechaud (McGill University, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) –...

Validating the ability of a glider-mounted fisheries echosounder to measure mesozooplankton concentration throughout the water column

Written on April 12, 2021.

– By Delphine Mossman, M.Sc candidate, University of New Brnuswick – Despite their diminutive size, zooplankton are among the most important groups of animals on the planet.