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Storm chasing with Jaclyn Whittal

Episode 91

For more than a decade, meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal has been reporting on extreme weather across North America — learn about how she got into the field and what it takes to be a storm chaser

  • 41 minutes

Environment

The research project trying to find every tornado in Canada

Tracking the country’s extreme weather events to answer the question: are storms getting worse?

  • 3514 words
  • 15 minutes

Environment

Arctic storms: How scientists are improving forecasts of dangerous polar lows

Polar lows are particularly challenging to forecast due to their small size and short lifetime

  • 767 words
  • 4 minutes

Exploration

George Kourounis

Episode 6

The stormchaser and Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society spins tales of his extreme adventures

  • 42 minutes
ice storm, trees, power lines

Environment

The storm of the century

20 years on, a look back at the Ice Storm of January 1998, one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history

  • 317 words
  • 2 minutes