JwhittalClimate
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It is International Polar Bear day. Here is a story I did featuring Chief Scientist Dr. Steven Amstrup- Polar Bears International are bears are changing their diet as a result of Climate Change? Photographer Florian Ledoux has documented this behavior several times m.youtube.com/watch?v=7XIK...
Can Polar Bears Fight Off Climate Change by Eating Reindeer?
YouTube video by The Weather Network
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February 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It is International Polar Bear day. Here is a story I did featuring Chief Scientist Dr. Steven Amstrup- Polar Bears International are bears are changing their diet as a result of Climate Change? Photographer Florian Ledoux has documented this behavior several times m.youtube.com/watch?v=7XIK...
I am so excited to be jumping in the VERY cold Okanagan lake on March 9 all in support of Canadian Geographic Polar Plunge! Donations go to Canadian Geographic Magazine, the EXPLORE podcast and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society donate if you can!
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Jaclyn Whittal
I'm raising money for a cause close to my heart and would love your support.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I am so excited to be jumping in the VERY cold Okanagan lake on March 9 all in support of Canadian Geographic Polar Plunge! Donations go to Canadian Geographic Magazine, the EXPLORE podcast and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society donate if you can!
donate.rcgs.org/fundraisers/...
donate.rcgs.org/fundraisers/...
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Article has my name on it but it was a @weathernetwork.bsky.social team effort to get this #Orillia snow piece out. Some noteworthy figures. More than 460 cm of snow this winter so far––approximate equivalency to the height of adult giraffe. #onstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
February 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Article has my name on it but it was a @weathernetwork.bsky.social team effort to get this #Orillia snow piece out. Some noteworthy figures. More than 460 cm of snow this winter so far––approximate equivalency to the height of adult giraffe. #onstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
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Flooding risk as temperatures rise in southern Ontario. Grand River Conservation Authority officials say they'll keep a close watch on melting snow and ice all along the watershed. GRCA will be conducting river watch this week along entire watershed. #onwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Risk of flooding as temperatures rise in southern Ontario - The Weather Network
As temperatures rise above freezing in Waterloo region, conservation authority keeps watch on waterways
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February 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Flooding risk as temperatures rise in southern Ontario. Grand River Conservation Authority officials say they'll keep a close watch on melting snow and ice all along the watershed. GRCA will be conducting river watch this week along entire watershed. #onwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
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Snowfall will return to southern Ontario Wednesday, making for difficult travel as roads will be messy and slippery from the wet pavement already with this week's melting snowpack from the warm temperatures. #ONstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Winter returns to southern Ontario with a burst of messy weather - The Weather Network
Snowfall will return to southern Ontario Wednesday, making for difficult travel as roads will be messy and slippery from the wet pavement already with this week's melting snowpack from the warm temper...
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February 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Snowfall will return to southern Ontario Wednesday, making for difficult travel as roads will be messy and slippery from the wet pavement already with this week's melting snowpack from the warm temperatures. #ONstorm #ONwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
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Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship
Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship
BOSTON, MA – The Canadian men’s hockey team has successfully seized the Four Nations hockey championship from their American opponents, completing their annexation of the trophy nearly halfway through...
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February 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship
This is AWESOME Nate!
Last bit of snow on my lawn kind of looks like Canada. Yes, I added Newfoundland.
January 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is AWESOME Nate!
Dangerous tornadic signature on RADAR currently in South Texas. If you live in Port Arthur, Taylor, Landing or Nederland now is the time to take cover with this tornado warning. #txwx @weathernetwork.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Dangerous tornadic signature on RADAR currently in South Texas. If you live in Port Arthur, Taylor, Landing or Nederland now is the time to take cover with this tornado warning. #txwx @weathernetwork.bsky.social
Wishing all of my friends from all over the world, a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and a Happy New Year!
December 28, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Wishing all of my friends from all over the world, a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and a Happy New Year!
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Latest #climate piece from @jwhittalclimate.bsky.social and I. Another year is almost finished and the world is likely to see its hottest 12-month period on record once again––alongside second-warmest November ever documented. #CS3 #CopernicusClimate www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
December 10, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Latest #climate piece from @jwhittalclimate.bsky.social and I. Another year is almost finished and the world is likely to see its hottest 12-month period on record once again––alongside second-warmest November ever documented. #CS3 #CopernicusClimate www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
Learned so much from the panel that I was moderating- incredible ideas around wildfire technology innovation, mitigation, suppression and AI!
December 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Learned so much from the panel that I was moderating- incredible ideas around wildfire technology innovation, mitigation, suppression and AI!
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Is winter just making a brief appearance this month in #Canada? Or, will it stay for the #holidayseason? We look ahead at what to expect in December. @jwhittalclimate.bsky.social #BCwx #ABwx #SKwx #MBwx #ONwx #MeteoQC #NBwx #NSwx #PEwx #NLwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Canada hit with winter weather already, but will it stay for all of December? - The Weather Network
Is winter just making a brief appearance this month? Or, will it stay for the holidays? We take a look ahead at what to expect in December
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December 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Is winter just making a brief appearance this month in #Canada? Or, will it stay for the #holidayseason? We look ahead at what to expect in December. @jwhittalclimate.bsky.social #BCwx #ABwx #SKwx #MBwx #ONwx #MeteoQC #NBwx #NSwx #PEwx #NLwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
I am honoured to be one of the speakers at the MaRs Climate Impact Summit next week in Toronto on Dec 3,4th. I’ll be talking to fire experts about AI technology in sensing and detecting wildfire activity.
November 28, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I am honoured to be one of the speakers at the MaRs Climate Impact Summit next week in Toronto on Dec 3,4th. I’ll be talking to fire experts about AI technology in sensing and detecting wildfire activity.
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I got to chat with our Dr Doug Gillham (father of the seasonal forecasts) and meteorologist @jwhittalclimate.bsky.social to contribute to our TV coverage. I hope you enjoy! #WinterForecast
The 2025 #WinterForecast has arrived!❄️⛄️Get the full scoop on what’s coming this season.
El Niño is a distant memory; will Canada feel winter's wrath? - The Weather Network
El Niño is now a distant memory, which will allow for a more 'traditional' winter to show up this year. Here's what to expect for the 2024-25 winter season across Canada.
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November 27, 2024 at 9:39 PM
I got to chat with our Dr Doug Gillham (father of the seasonal forecasts) and meteorologist @jwhittalclimate.bsky.social to contribute to our TV coverage. I hope you enjoy! #WinterForecast
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The core of the cold will reside in Saskatchewan, where highs in Regina will actually dip to -20°C, and overnight lows will approach a frigid -30°C!
Feeling like January: First real cold snap grips the Prairies to end November - The Weather Network
The first real cold snap of the season is settling across the Prairies, with wind chill values into the minus 20s and potentially minus 30s. Frost bite can occur within just 10 minutes of being outdoo...
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November 25, 2024 at 5:38 PM
The core of the cold will reside in Saskatchewan, where highs in Regina will actually dip to -20°C, and overnight lows will approach a frigid -30°C!
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Why has the Aurora Borealis been so unusually bright, and why has it been visible so much farther south than normal? Here's the science behind what's going on.
Why are the Northern Lights so supercharged lately and how long will this last? - The Weather Network
Canadians can look forward to bright displays of the Aurora Borealis for at least the next year and likely even longer.
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November 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Why has the Aurora Borealis been so unusually bright, and why has it been visible so much farther south than normal? Here's the science behind what's going on.
Yay!!
Excited to be here!👋
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Yay!!
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All the ingredients are coming together for a formidable storm for B.C. The forthcoming bomb cyclone has some similarities with the historic low that hit the Pacific Northwest in October 2021. #BCStormWatch #BCstorm #BCwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
November 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
All the ingredients are coming together for a formidable storm for B.C. The forthcoming bomb cyclone has some similarities with the historic low that hit the Pacific Northwest in October 2021. #BCStormWatch #BCstorm #BCwx www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
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President Biden pledged new financial help to protect the Amazon, the planet’s largest tropical rainforest, during a visit to Brazil on Sunday, making one final push to combat climate change before President-elect Donald Trump returns to power in January.
Biden Visits Amazon, Vowing Help to Fight Climate Change
The president toured the rainforest and promised Brazil funds for environmental initiatives, even as the incoming Trump administration appears poised to roll them back.
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November 18, 2024 at 12:17 AM
President Biden pledged new financial help to protect the Amazon, the planet’s largest tropical rainforest, during a visit to Brazil on Sunday, making one final push to combat climate change before President-elect Donald Trump returns to power in January.
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India's government banned non-essential construction in New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital, and urged residents to avoid burning coal for heating, to combat worsening air quality that has disrupted flights and obscured the Taj Mahal.
Toxic smog engulfs India, prompting stricter anti-pollution measures - The Weather Network
India's capital introduces stricter anti pollution measures as toxic smog hides Taj Mahal
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November 15, 2024 at 8:06 PM
India's government banned non-essential construction in New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital, and urged residents to avoid burning coal for heating, to combat worsening air quality that has disrupted flights and obscured the Taj Mahal.
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One of the focal, and divisive, points of this year's COP29 summit so far has been finance, and on Tuesday, Canada pledged a significant initiative to help countries most affected by climate change.
Canada makes major announcement at COP29 - The Weather Network
Canada unveiled details of a new, blended finance platform that is intended to funnel more funding into high-impact climate projects in the world's vulnerable regions most impacted by extreme weather.
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November 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
One of the focal, and divisive, points of this year's COP29 summit so far has been finance, and on Tuesday, Canada pledged a significant initiative to help countries most affected by climate change.
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Forecasters are increasingly concerned over the risk for “life-threatening, potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides” as Tropical Storm Sara swirls in the western Caribbean this week.
Life-threatening floods expected as Tropical Storm Sara forms - The Weather Network
The eighteenth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed in the western Caribbean on Thursday
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November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Forecasters are increasingly concerned over the risk for “life-threatening, potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides” as Tropical Storm Sara swirls in the western Caribbean this week.
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BREAKING: ExxonMobil has announced its opposition to Donald Trump’s proposed withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, reaffirming its commitment to addressing climate change and supporting international efforts to reduce global emissions.
November 13, 2024 at 2:27 AM
BREAKING: ExxonMobil has announced its opposition to Donald Trump’s proposed withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, reaffirming its commitment to addressing climate change and supporting international efforts to reduce global emissions.