2010-05-25 - Canadian Environment Week is the perfect time to celebrate our achievements and initiatives in tackling climate change and reducing air pollution. This year’s theme for Canadian Environment Week is: Embracing Life on Earth.
Environment Canada Celebrates World Meteorological Day
2010-03-23 - After over a century of operations, Environment Canada’s Meteorological Service of Canada is home to some of the best weather forecasting and climate experts in the world. This year’s World Meteorological Organization theme of ’60 years of service for your safety and well-being’ reminds us of how important reliable, accurate weather information is in helping Canadians and our international partners better anticipate and prepare for future weather conditions.
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Science is Benefiting You: Weather and Meteorology
2010-02-02 - Video: Environment Canada has hundreds of scientists, engineers, meteorologists, climatologists, technicians and specialists working hard to forecast and study our ever-changing weather conditions…so that Canadians can be better prepared for what the weather brings.
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Strengthening Science-Policy Links: Study Series
2010-01-14 - The need for robust scientific evidence in policy and decision making and for innovative mechanisms to sustain interaction between science producers and policy/decision makers is well recognized. Such interaction not only improves the uptake and use of research by science users, it also allows the user to inform the research agenda. Environment Canada’s S&T Liaison has been involved in a number of initiatives aimed at strengthening links between science knowledge and policy/decision making.
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Monarch butterfly origins reveal migration mystery
2010-08-11 - Research led by the University of Guelph and Environment Canada has revealed a new twist in the life story of monarch butterflies. Scientists using stable isotope measurements studied butterflies collected along the eastern United States coast to better understand their natal origins. It was believed that coastal butterflies migrate north directly from the Gulf of Mexico. Unexpectedly, 88% originated in the mid-west and Great Lakes regions.
Monarch butterfly origins reveal migration mystery