Canada can expect to see more devastating storms and extreme weather because of climate change, a yet-to-be released federal report concludes.
Ice storms, like the 1998 storm that hit Eastern Canada, will be more frequent in Canada's future.
(Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) The report, prepared by more than 100 Canadian scientists on behalf of Canada's Department of Natural Resources, will be made public soon, but CBC News has learned some of the details it contains from several people involved in compiling the report.
The report focuses on the impact climate change will have on the country, in terms of the weather it will generate, and the effects on areas like infrastructure, energy production and drinking water.
The report, the first of its kind done for the federal government in 10 years, says Canada can expect more ice storms, torrential downpours, floods, droughts and landslides, as well more days of extreme heat and smog.
The report says the increase of extreme weather has already begun, and will only get worse.
Gordon McBean, a geography professor at the University of Western Ontario in London says that "what's really important is that as we invest in rebuilding infrastructure for the climate of the future, not the climate of the past."
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(Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)
The report focuses on the impact climate change will have on the country, in terms of the weather it will generate, and the effects on areas like infrastructure, energy production and drinking water.
The report, the first of its kind done for the federal government in 10 years, says Canada can expect more ice storms, torrential downpours, floods, droughts and landslides, as well more days of extreme heat and smog.
The report says the increase of extreme weather has already begun, and will only get worse.
Gordon McBean, a geography professor at the University of Western Ontario in London says that "what's really important is that as we invest in rebuilding infrastructure for the climate of the future, not the climate of the past."
Full story?
Are you noticing any effects of climate change in your area of the country?
More...