The warmest winter on record could have far-reaching effects on everything from wildfire season to erosion, climatologists say, while offering a preview of what the season could resemble in the not-so-distant future unless steps are taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Winter comes to a close on Tuesday night – early Wednesday on Canada’s East Coast – with the arrival of the spring equinox. But climatologist David Phillips says it’s almost as if this winter in Canada never happened. “I called it the lost season,” said Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. The warmest winter on […]
I was jogging outside half a dozen times each in February and March. Before this year I’d never jogged in either month outside in Canada. There are tons of flower blossoms already. I’m already curious what next winter will look like to help make sense of if this winter was exceptionally warm and/or if climate change is accelerating