JwhittalClimate

JwhittalClimate

@jwhittalclimate.bsky.social

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Glad you found it interesting! Thanks for watching

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Can Polar Bears Fight Off Climate Change by Eating Reindeer? YouTube video by The Weather Network

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...

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Jaclyn Whittal I'm raising money for a cause close to my heart and would love your support.

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/...

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👌a great article by you!!

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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...

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Awe thanks Nate! Team effort!!

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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

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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Stormy system will bring a hazardous tale of two seasons to Newfoundland - The Weather Network It's a true battle of the seasons across Newfoundland this week with heavy snow and a spring-like flood threat both on the table thanks to a wintry atmospheric river

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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...

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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Beautiful!!

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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...

Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship

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This is AWESOME Nate!

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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

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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...

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Learned so much from the panel that I was moderating- incredible ideas around wildfire technology innovation, mitigation, suppression and AI!

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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

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...

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Thank you kindly Carl!

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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

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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...

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 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.

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.

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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...

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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.

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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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

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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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.

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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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

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.

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