We had a regular CL@UT meeting on Monday, September 23. Micah presented the research which was completed with his Master’s student, The impact of projected climate change on grape growth and wine production: an Ontario-wide assessment. They conducted the climate change impact assessment (CCIA) on the principal wine region such as the Niagara Peninsula, Lake Erie… Read More

Researchers at the University of Toronto will create a digital resource that will inform motorists and snowmobilers about the conditions of their roads. Some trails and roads in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are increasingly threatened by climatic hazards. (Courtesy of Yukari Hori) August 16, 2019 By Matisse Harvey   A team of researchers from the… Read More

DPES Teaching Assistant Awards The DPES Teaching and Curriculum Committee will select two nominees for the DPES Teaching Assistant Awards. Each award is valued at $250 and the recipients will be honored at the annual DPES end of term function. The DPES Teaching and Curriculum Committee is soliciting nominations for outstanding teaching assistants for the… Read More

We had a regular CL@UT meeting on Wednesday, January 30th. Raul reported the COP24 – Katowice 2018 in Poland that he attended last December. He also presented his ongoing research regarding the operationalization of the Paris Agreement and its implementation at the national level. Conor demonstrated his Conjuntool, which is an open source platform for… Read More

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By Alexa Battler After an aggressively cold winter gripped most of Canada, this summer seems to be burning with a similar vengeance. In a recent blog post, Conor Anderson, PhD Candidate in the Climate Lab at U of T Scarborough, explored the heat of this summer in the context of the last 30 years. Anderson… Read More

There’s no doubt that Toronto and much of the eastern Northern Hemisphere rang in a very cold New Year. But with global temperatures on the rise, what accounts for the frigid conditions we experienced? Conor Anderson is a graduate student in the Environmental Science doctoral program at U of T Scarborough. As part of his… Read More

In a recent Washington Post story, U. S. Air Force General Joseph L. Lengyel, said he believes the world’s climate is changing and becoming more severe—with storms becoming bigger, larger and more violent. Senior officials around the world have echoed this view, while a few continue to question whether climate change is a hoax. Athena… Read More

By Noreen Ahmed-Ullah Hurricane Irma – reported to be the size of France – roared through the Caribbean, leaving a path of destruction and bearing down on Puerto Rico and Florida. Less than a week after Tropical Storm Harvey tore through Texas and Louisiana, causing at least 65 deaths and billions of dollars in damages,… Read More

By Don Campbell This week the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report highlighting the risks and closing window of opportunity to address the effects of global climate change. UTSC PhD student Thea Dickinson is a contributing author on two chapters of the report. She spoke with writer Don Campbell about some… Read More