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The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures recorded in Canada. Province or Territory ... (−7 °F) 1971 Windsor, Ontario: 10.3 °C (51 °F) Eureka ...
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In December 2011, Stephen Harper's Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol one day after negotiators from nearly 200 countries meeting in Durban, South Africa at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (November 28 – December 11), completed a marathon of climate talks to establish ...
An Environmental History of Canada (2012). excerpt, a major scholarly history; McLeod, Roderick M. "Key Environmental Issues for the 1990s and beyond in Canada." Canada-United States Law Journal 18 (1992): 23+ online. Macfarlane, Daniel. Natural Allies Environment, Energy, and the History of US-Canada Relations (McGill-Queen's University Press ...
Canada's annual average temperature over land warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F) between 1948 and 2016. The rate of warming is highest in Canada's north , the Prairies , and northern British Columbia . The country's precipitation has increased in recent years and wildfires expanded from seasonal events to year-round threats.
The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC; French: Service météorologique du Canada – SMC) is a branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards.
The Canadian weather radar network consists of 33 weather radars spanning Canada's most populated regions. Their primary purpose is the early detection of precipitation, its motion and the threat it poses to life and property.
Canada's deforestation rate is one of the lowest in the world, at 0.02 percent per year. This rate of deforestation has been reducing every year since 1985. [19] According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), "Harvested wood products" in Canada account for 130 Mt CO 2 eq of greenhouse gas emissions. This would represent 18% of the ...