Experts are warning that Canadians should prepare for a particularly stormy season. A weak to moderate La Niña will create a season of highs and lows, with periods of high-impact weather and heavy snowfall broken up by a mid-winter reprieve. As temperatures drop and students gear up for the winter holidays, Scholars Portal is shining a spotlight on forecasting, weather patterns, and the impact of climate change through our books, journals, and <odesi> platforms.

Books

• Masters of uncertainty: Weather forecasters and the quest for ground truth
• Acting on climate change: Solutions from Canadian scholars
• Understanding climate change: Science, policy, and practice
• An environmental history of Canada
• Climate, culture, change: Inuit and Western dialogues with a warming North
• The new normal: The Canadian prairies in a changing climate
• The evolution of meteorology: A look into the past, present, and future of weather forecasting
• Global ecopolitics: Crisis, governance, and justice
• Climate change in the 21st century
• A globally integrated climate policy for Canada

Journals

• Impacts of low frequency variability modes on Canadian winter temperature
• An assessment of changes in winter cold and warm spells over Canada
• The changing face of Arctic snow cover: A synthesis of observed and projected changes
• Climate and environmental science denial: A review of the scientific literature published in 1990-2015
• The effect of ENSO on the intraseasonal variance of surface temperatures in winter
• Climate change, drought and human health in Canada
• Present climate and climate change over North America as simulated by the fifth-generation Canadian regional climate model
• Intraseasonal Canadian winter temperature responses to interannual and interdecadal Pacific SST modulations
• The language of denial: Text analysis reveals differences in language use between climate change proponents and skeptics
• The impact of El Nino-Southern oscillation on the temperature field over Canada: Research note

Data

National Survey on Meteorological Products and Services [2007]

This survey measures the Canadian public’s satisfaction with the Weather and Environmental Services Board’s products and services and determined what additional meteorological products and services the public wants.

Focus Canada 2013 – Climate Change

This partnership between the Environics Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation asked Canadians about the issue of climate change, to determine how perceptions have changed over a 12-month period.

Canadian Attitudes Toward Climate Change [2003]

This survey examines Canadians’ views on a variety of issues related to climate change and the Kyoto protocol, such as awareness and support for the protocol, reaction to climate change arguments, and the credibility of sources of information on climate change.

Global Threats, 2014 [Canada]

This Angus Reid poll asked Canadians about global and national threats to security and safety, including climate change.

Youth Perceptions of Climate Change [2004]

This survey established baseline measurements of awareness, receptivity, and behavior on issues related to climate change among young Canadians aged 16 to 25.