/channels/taxonomy/term/4897/all en /channels/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 18:10:11 +0000 webfull 200786 at /channels /channels/channels/news/measuring-social-impact-disruptive-weather-plus-other-stories-340751 <p>New research stories from ����ֱ��.</p> <p><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/disruptive_weather.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p> <h2>Using artificial intelligence to study the social impact of disruptive weather events</h2> <p>Does a “disruptive weather event” imply extreme weather? Not necessarily, say two ����ֱ�� researchers. Instead of focusing on social impacts, weather research tends to focus on meteorology.</p> Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:45:11 +0000 webfull 181265 at /channels /channels/channels/news/using-artificial-intelligence-manage-extreme-weather-events-327770 <p>Can combining deep learning (DL)— a subfield of artificial intelligence— with social network analysis (SNA), make social media contributions about extreme weather events a useful tool for crisis managers, first responders and government scientists? An interdisciplinary team of ����ֱ�� researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.</p> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:18:01 +0000 webfull 166974 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-experts-extreme-weather-240335 <p><b> Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:56:36 +0000 webfull 106691 at /channels /channels/news/icing-rain-and-extreme-weather-240927 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:29:31 +0000 webfull 107328 at /channels /channels/news/hurricane-patricia-strongest-ever-recorded-256321 <p> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:33:17 +0000 webfull 113500 at /channels