extreme weather /newsroom/taxonomy/term/1285/all en Expert: Heat waves linked to climate change with Canada’s new tool /newsroom/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 18:10:10 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 312179 at /newsroom Measuring the social impact of disruptive weather, plus other stories /newsroom/channels/news/measuring-social-impact-disruptive-weather-plus-other-stories-340751 <p>New research stories from 㽶Ƶ.</p> <p><img src="/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 15:25:08 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288305 at /newsroom Using artificial intelligence to manage extreme weather events /newsroom/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 14:17:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256259 at /newsroom Hurricane Patricia, strongest ever recorded /newsroom/channels/news/hurricane-patricia-strongest-ever-recorded-256321 <p> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:33:12 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24567 at /newsroom Freezing Rain and Extreme Weather /newsroom/channels/news/freezing-rain-and-extreme-weather-240927 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:29:25 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21784 at /newsroom McGill experts: extreme weather /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-extreme-weather-240335 <p><b> Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:56:33 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 21593 at /newsroom