Notes on a weather
“The record was Obliterated”.
https://sercc.oasis.unc.edu/Map.php?region=conus
https://nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/imap/
now 40% below the lowest precipitation on record and no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNA52Sriz8s
https://threadex.rcc-acis.org/
managers now trying to strike a balance between filling reservoirs as much as possible, and not overfilling because flood could still occur and they need the flood prevention reserve.
Emily Jenkins: In the past, Culex tarsalis was the main vector of West Nile virus in the province. We have predicted shifts in the range of this mosquito and spread of West Nile virus based on climate models (published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health). So, overall there should be steadily increasing transmission, but the frequency of outbreak years remains difficult to predict.
https://sencanada.ca/en/info-page/parl-45-1/agfo-canada-on-fire
Three consecutive record-breaking wildfire seasons—2023, 2024 and 2025—have demonstrated that climate change is accelerating fire behaviour beyond the capacity of existing systems. Wildfires are now a crisis.
“Canadians have experienced numerous highly damaging fire seasons in the past decade. Unfortunately, climate change modelling suggests things will likely be worse in the future. Higher temperatures, longer fire seasons, stronger winds, more lightning and drier fuels will all contribute to increases in area burned at high severity.”
Robert Gray[4]
Fighting and Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate program.
“But most science research funding operates on a three-year funding cycle and is structured around projects that tackle novel science questions. This relatively short cycle is too brief a time to train up model developers or to complete key and complex model development steps before teams turn over, the authors say.”
“Substantial funding, on the order of multiple millions of dollars per ESM, is needed to provide the necessary infrastructure and support needed for model development,” the authors write. Such targeted funding and highly skilled software developers and programmers, they contend, can help speed the model improvement that’s underway.
Canada’s climate is warming at nearly twice the global average, with profound implications for ecosystems, wildlife, and vector populations [4]. Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and ecological disruptions are altering the distribution of wildlife hosts and vectors, such as ticks and mosquitoes [5]