/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8857/all en /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 /newsroom/channels/news/cutting-edge-technology-detects-nanoplastics-water-instantly-357890 <p>A ���ϲʿ������-led research team has developed the first real-time, on-site technology capable of detecting and deciphering nanoplastics from all other particles in water, a capacity akin to being able to find a needle in a haystack within milliseconds.</p> <p>Microplastic pieces are between 1 micrometre and 5 millimetres, roughly equivalent to a grain of rice. Nanoplastics are far tinier - a single nanometre is just 0.000001 millimetres. For comparison, a human hair is approximately 80,000–100,000 nanometers wide.</p> Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:50:18 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 310812 at /newsroom /newsroom/lawrence-mysak Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:23:00 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 262359 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/its-snowing-plastic-329666 <p>The snow may be melting, but it is leaving pollution behind in the form of micro- and nano-plastics according to a ���ϲʿ������ study that was recently published in <em><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121002773">Environmental Pollution</a></em>. The pollution is largely due to the relatively soluble plastics found in antifreeze products (polyethylene glycols) that can become airborne and picked up by the snow.</p> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:29:26 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 256716 at /newsroom /newsroom/djordje-romanic Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:02:33 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256022 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-tornado-season-us-297506 <p>“After a slow start, tornado season in the United States has suddenly become supercharged, with 500 twisters touching down over the past month and 12 consecutive days with eight or more of the devastating whirlwinds.” CBC</p> <h3><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyad-atallah-831a47a4/?ppe=1">Eyad Atallah</a>, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, ���ϲʿ������</h3> <blockquote> <p>“The active and dangerous tornado season in the United States raises questions about connections to climate change.”</p></blockquote> Thu, 30 May 2019 17:33:48 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 165965 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-hurricane-florence-289554 <p>"With a Category 4 hurricane rapidly approaching and weather officials issuing a hurricane warning for more than 300 miles of coastline, more than 1 million people faced a choice Tuesday: stay home and take their chances with the storm, or compete with heavy traffic to drive inland." (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/us/hurricane-florence-south-east-coast-wxc/index.html">CNN</a>)</p> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:28:55 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 82402 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-professor-helped-coin-term-bomb-cyclone-283643 <p><span>���ϲʿ������ meteorology professor John Gyakum</span><span>, along with the revered late Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorologist Fred Sanders, first coined the term in a paper they published in 1980. They used the phrase to describe powerful cyclones that get their energy from rapid drops in pressure caused by hot and cold temperatures colliding.</span></p> <blockquote> <p>"If the term itself — ‘bomb’ — helps to spur more constructive research, then I’m happy."―John Gyakum</p></blockquote> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:21:42 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 32820 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/melting-snow-contains-toxic-cocktail-pollutants-267489 <p>With spring finally here and warmer temperatures just around the corner, snow will slowly melt away, releasing us from the clutches of winter. However, that’s not the only thing that the melting snow will release. Researchers from ���ϲʿ������ and École de technologie supérieure in Montreal have found that urban snow accumulates a toxic cocktail from car emissions - pollutants that are in turn unleashed into the environment as the weather warms up.</p> Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:30:16 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 26841 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-hurricane-matthew-263192 <p>“Hurricane Matthew is poised to deliver a potentially catastrophic strike on Haiti beginning Monday, and poses a danger to eastern Cuba and Jamaica by Monday night.” (<a href="https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-caribbean-haiti-jamaica-cuba-bahamas-forecast-oct2">The Weather Network</a>)</p> Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:13:18 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26231 at /newsroom