A hot, "unstable and sticky" summer awaits Quebecers, according to The Weather Network, which predicts periods of abundant heat, often followed by severe thunderstorms. This will be the "fifth consecutive summer where temperatures will be above seasonal normals, which has never happened since we started compiling data" in 1942, according to Andr茅 Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. ()
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Published on: 1 Jun 2022
Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the United聽States, according to a new study led by researchers from 香蕉视频. Periods of dry and hot weather, which can make wildfires more likely, are becoming larger, more intense, and more frequent because of climate change.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2020
A smog warning is still in effect for the Greater Montreal area Monday as high concentrations of pollutants are expected to infiltrate the air. According to Environment Canada, this could "result in poor air quality, especially in urban areas where pollutant emissions are higher." ()
McGill expert who can comment on the issue:
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
Scientists have been looking at pollution affecting the air, land and water around the Athabasca Oil Sands for some time. After looking at contaminants in snow taken from up-to 25 km away from the oil sands, a McGill-led scientific team now suggests that oil sand pollution is also affecting the weather patterns in the surrounding regions.
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Published on: 18 Nov 2019
As 2016 approaches, the ongoing El Nino shows no sign of relaxing its grip on the global climate. (Source: )
John Gyakum, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
"The current El Nino, the strongest since 1997-98, is associated with recent unusually warm conditions in Ontario and Quebec."鈥擩ohn Gyakum
Professor or large scale and dynamic meteorology.
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Published on: 21 Dec 2015
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Published on: 23 Oct 2015
The atmosphere is so unstable that a butterfly flapping its wings can, famously, change the course of weather patterns. The celebrated 鈥渂utterfly effect鈥� also means that the reliability of weather forecasts drops sharply beyond 10 days.
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Published on: 18 Aug 2015
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Published on: 12 Mar 2015
Weather, which changes day-to-day due to constant fluctuations in the atmosphere, and climate, which varies over decades, are familiar. More recently, a third regime, called 鈥渕acroweather,鈥� has been used to describe the relatively stable regime between weather and climate.
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Published on: 13 Nov 2014
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Published on: 3 Nov 2014
While short-term weather is notoriously volatile, climate is thought to represent a kind of average weather pattern over a long period of time. This dichotomy provides the analytical framework for scientific thinking about atmospheric variability, including climate change.
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Published on: 26 Feb 2013
