Tag: Ocean

Ocean Science, Ships and Sovereignty

Written on June 27, 2025.

– By Douglas W.R. Wallace – The sudden, but not unexpected, decommissioning in January 2022, of the Canadian Coast Guard’s East Coast research vessel CCGS Hudson, following a long...

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...

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...

Black History Month for the Sciences

Written on February 10, 2021.

On May 25, 2020, Amy Cooper—a white Canadian woman—called the police on Christan Cooper—a black birdwatcher—after he asked her to leash her dog in an on-leash part of Central Park, New York City....