Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, (click here)
There is a crisis looming for Canadian climate and atmospheric research that will be felt far beyond
Canada’s borders.
As international scientists working in areas related to climate and atmospheric change, we are concerned
that seven important research networks supported by the Government of Canada's Climate Change and
Atmospheric Research (CCAR) program are set to end in 2018 [1]
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Data continuity, international collaborations and unique Arctic facilities are all at stake.
The CCAR funded projects measure, observe and model many important international environmental
issues including: aerosols and their impacts; biogeochemical tracers in the Arctic Ocean; sea ice and
snow cover; weather prediction and climate projection; changes to land, water, and climate; exchange of
carbon dioxide, oxygen, and heat between the ocean and atmosphere; and the temperature and other
properties of the atmosphere in the high Arctic
[2]
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The only dedicated program funding climate and atmospheric research in Canada is disappearing....
