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.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2024
New research stories from McGill University.
Using artificial intelligence to study the social impact of disruptive weather events
Does a “disruptive weather event” imply extreme weather? Not necessarily, say two McGill University researchers. Instead of focusing on social impacts, weather research tends to focus on meteorology.
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Published on: 15 Aug 2022
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 McGill researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.
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Published on: 18 Jan 2021
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Published on: 23 Oct 2015
