Climate Extremes – Top Weather Stories for 2017

Our climate is changing, and it’s happening here and now
OTTAWA – CLIMATE – Environment Canada says that “Worldwide changes in extreme precipitation and temperature are consistent with what we anticipate from global warming. Science is linking climate change with the increased risk of forest fires, floods, heavy rains, and the most powerful hurricanes. Canadians experienced many of these extremes in 2017”.
As the Top 10 Weather Stories of 2017 confirm, our communit