Tag: climate change

CMOS Congress Outstanding Presentations

Written on August 26, 2024.

On June 3-6, 2024, the 58th annual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress was held virtually with help from the Winnipeg Centre and the BC Interior-Yukon Centre. The theme of the...

Uncertainty in Canada’s Marine Carbon Sink

Written on August 19, 2023.

– By Patrick Duke – Improving our understanding of how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide is critical to climate change mitigation efforts. Canada’s surrounding waters act as a net sink for...

Adaptation planning: An interdisciplinary approach to climate change risk reduction

Written on February 28, 2023.

– By Sarah Kehler, S. Jeff Birchall- Climate change presents a complex and unprecedented problem. As temperatures rise, the global climate is becoming increasingly unstable. Climate impacts,...

The birth of the HAWC

Written on November 7, 2022.

-By Hind Al-Abadleh, Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Adam Bourassa, and Kaley Walker- On October 18, 2022, The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced...

Cities drive global warming, but change is possible

Written on July 18, 2022.

-By Hind Al-Abadleh- Urban areas around the world are responsible for more than two-thirds of global greenhouse gases. At the same time, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly dire....

Arctic Awesome: The Story of the ‘Cool’ Students of ‘Not Cool’

Written on May 17, 2022.

– 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...

As climate science researchers and educators, we need to do more for our students than just teach them about their dismal futures

Written on January 5, 2022.

– By Dr. Heather Short – I resigned from my tenured position teaching climate science at a small college in August of this year. It wasn’t to take a better job offer, or to use as a bargaining...

CIC National Capital (Ottawa): A Conversation On Climate Change With Dr. Gordon McBean (Online Event) Nov 16 5pm

Written on November 10, 2021.

November 16th at 5pm EST to 6pm EST Online Event – information below on registering A Conversation On Climate Change With Dr. Gordon McBean, The Co-Recipient Of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (Free Online ...

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...