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Hurricane Fiona devastates the Canadian Maritimes
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Fields of debris, uprooted trees and homes floating away in the sea. These were the images coming out of Atlantic Canada last weekend when post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall. Despite Fiona being downgraded from hurricane to post-tropical storm before reaching the Maritimes, the CBC reported that peak winds were as high as 171km/h in some…
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Extreme weather events and climate anxiety on the rise
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Extreme weather events have been aplenty this summer. Heatwaves, for instance, have been consistently making headlines around the world. According to Robert McLeman, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, “heatwaves in one sense are a normal thing. They happen periodically. It goes in cycles, these things in the weather.” “What…
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