/channels/taxonomy/term/4897/all en /channels/channels/news/expert-heat-waves-linked-climate-change-canadas-new-tool-357951 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->The Greater Montreal area is under a heat warning Monday as a warm and humid air mass could lead to a humidex value of 40. Environment and Climate Change Canada recently released the first results from its rapid extreme weather event attribution system, showing that human-caused climate change significantly increased the likelihood of recent heat waves in Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and Atlantic Canada​.</p> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:10:11 +0000 webfull 200786 at /channels /channels/channels/news/measuring-social-impact-disruptive-weather-plus-other-stories-340751 <p>New research stories from �㽶��Ƶ.</p> <p><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/disruptive_weather.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p> <h2>Using artificial intelligence to study the social impact of disruptive weather events</h2> <p>Does a “disruptive weather event” imply extreme weather? Not necessarily, say two �㽶��Ƶ researchers. Instead of focusing on social impacts, weather research tends to focus on meteorology.</p> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:45:11 +0000 webfull 181265 at /channels /channels/channels/news/using-artificial-intelligence-manage-extreme-weather-events-327770 <p>Can combining deep learning (DL)— a subfield of artificial intelligence— with social network analysis (SNA), make social media contributions about extreme weather events a useful tool for crisis managers, first responders and government scientists? An interdisciplinary team of McGill researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.</p> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:18:01 +0000 webfull 166974 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-experts-extreme-weather-240335 <p><b> Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:56:36 +0000 webfull 106691 at /channels /channels/news/icing-rain-and-extreme-weather-240927 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:29:31 +0000 webfull 107328 at /channels /channels/news/hurricane-patricia-strongest-ever-recorded-256321 <p> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:33:17 +0000 webfull 113500 at /channels