Robert Way
@labradorice.bsky.social
Labrador Kallunângajuk from Vâli. Dad. Hunter. Geography prof. Canada Research Chair in Northern Environmental Change.
@queensu. Views are my own.
@queensu. Views are my own.
Seeing this in budget 2025. Can someone make the case for why we need to spend $2.7 billion on new computing resources for Meteorological forecasting when we are in a dire need for improved investment in our weather monitoring network? Models need high-quality observational data...
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seeing this in budget 2025. Can someone make the case for why we need to spend $2.7 billion on new computing resources for Meteorological forecasting when we are in a dire need for improved investment in our weather monitoring network? Models need high-quality observational data...
As an aside. This figure of yours has been very helpful in my climate change course this Fall.
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
As an aside. This figure of yours has been very helpful in my climate change course this Fall.
Picking an appropriate 'baseline' for change since 'preindustrial' is such a fraught task. I usually use 1850-1879 to avoid Krakatau in the early 1880s but there is really no ideal period given our current observational records. 1840-1869 would be nice to have.
Orig. data from Foster et al (2025).
Orig. data from Foster et al (2025).
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Picking an appropriate 'baseline' for change since 'preindustrial' is such a fraught task. I usually use 1850-1879 to avoid Krakatau in the early 1880s but there is really no ideal period given our current observational records. 1840-1869 would be nice to have.
Orig. data from Foster et al (2025).
Orig. data from Foster et al (2025).
August 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Members of the SISAdapt project incl. @frosty-feng.bsky.social are in Nain, Nunatsiavut this past week (and until mid-August) doing permafrost-focused fieldwork including geophysics, ert and other methods. Goal is to help inform future community development in Nunatsiavut!
August 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Members of the SISAdapt project incl. @frosty-feng.bsky.social are in Nain, Nunatsiavut this past week (and until mid-August) doing permafrost-focused fieldwork including geophysics, ert and other methods. Goal is to help inform future community development in Nunatsiavut!
Here's another example from our team on thin (<15 m) discontinuous permafrost bodies in coastal Labrador. Calibrated against boreholes. Like I said it's pretty hard to thaw permafrost if it's thick.
July 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here's another example from our team on thin (<15 m) discontinuous permafrost bodies in coastal Labrador. Calibrated against boreholes. Like I said it's pretty hard to thaw permafrost if it's thick.
Anyone else starting to get AI-generated ads featuring Mark Carney on Youtube? How is this legal?
July 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Anyone else starting to get AI-generated ads featuring Mark Carney on Youtube? How is this legal?
NL constantly uses figures close to 200 billion without noting that those are nominally adjusted figures.
June 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
NL constantly uses figures close to 200 billion without noting that those are nominally adjusted figures.
This is the key excerpt. For all the ~200 billion proclamations they all rely on 'nominal' dollars. A ton of people in the general public haven't been conveyed the facts about how much actual cash is being provided.
June 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is the key excerpt. For all the ~200 billion proclamations they all rely on 'nominal' dollars. A ton of people in the general public haven't been conveyed the facts about how much actual cash is being provided.
Bought our first EV (used) the other day. It's great! But we ran into a couple unexpected issues with level 1 charging.
You need:
1) Outdoor GFI plug on its *own* circuit (i.e. not shared)
2) Ideally, 20 amps instead of 15 amps
3) Outdoor plug within ~25 ft of car (extension cords are not to code)
You need:
1) Outdoor GFI plug on its *own* circuit (i.e. not shared)
2) Ideally, 20 amps instead of 15 amps
3) Outdoor plug within ~25 ft of car (extension cords are not to code)
June 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Bought our first EV (used) the other day. It's great! But we ran into a couple unexpected issues with level 1 charging.
You need:
1) Outdoor GFI plug on its *own* circuit (i.e. not shared)
2) Ideally, 20 amps instead of 15 amps
3) Outdoor plug within ~25 ft of car (extension cords are not to code)
You need:
1) Outdoor GFI plug on its *own* circuit (i.e. not shared)
2) Ideally, 20 amps instead of 15 amps
3) Outdoor plug within ~25 ft of car (extension cords are not to code)
A little cold water. Current emissions trajectories are closer to 2.5°C. The uncertainties bring them above 3°C, sure. Going from the 4.5°C world (the trajectory we 'were' on) to a 2.5°C world (current trajectory) is a great achievement. Need more progress, yes
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A little cold water. Current emissions trajectories are closer to 2.5°C. The uncertainties bring them above 3°C, sure. Going from the 4.5°C world (the trajectory we 'were' on) to a 2.5°C world (current trajectory) is a great achievement. Need more progress, yes
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Yes it is! Doing some community-based ice and snow work there for the next number of years.
March 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yes it is! Doing some community-based ice and snow work there for the next number of years.
On our way to do snow and ice fieldwork in one of the prettier places in the world #nunatsiavut
March 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On our way to do snow and ice fieldwork in one of the prettier places in the world #nunatsiavut
Our problems are pretty to visit
March 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our problems are pretty to visit
It's sorta insane to me that in Canada I'm getting things like this in my facebook feed now. Have never seen a 'White House' post before this.
March 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It's sorta insane to me that in Canada I'm getting things like this in my facebook feed now. Have never seen a 'White House' post before this.
Not lost of some of us that where Inuit live just happens to be the area of the north without good weather radar coverage... /2
February 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Not lost of some of us that where Inuit live just happens to be the area of the north without good weather radar coverage... /2
Our team's been on weather hold on our way to northern Labrador since Thurs. As always, lack of weather stations & weather radar coverage means greater delays & risk. We had to turn around yesterday after unexpectedly encountering freezing precipitation with no de-icing available in N. Labrador.
February 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our team's been on weather hold on our way to northern Labrador since Thurs. As always, lack of weather stations & weather radar coverage means greater delays & risk. We had to turn around yesterday after unexpectedly encountering freezing precipitation with no de-icing available in N. Labrador.
When Reddit is a better GM than Pierre Dorion
February 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
When Reddit is a better GM than Pierre Dorion
It's an interesting analysis but I think
@jasonfurman.bsky.social's analysis of climate policy completely fails to grapple with the importance of considering the Canadian perspective on carbon pricing. The IRA's updated impacts on emissions have been much larger than our much high carbon price.
@jasonfurman.bsky.social's analysis of climate policy completely fails to grapple with the importance of considering the Canadian perspective on carbon pricing. The IRA's updated impacts on emissions have been much larger than our much high carbon price.
February 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's an interesting analysis but I think
@jasonfurman.bsky.social's analysis of climate policy completely fails to grapple with the importance of considering the Canadian perspective on carbon pricing. The IRA's updated impacts on emissions have been much larger than our much high carbon price.
@jasonfurman.bsky.social's analysis of climate policy completely fails to grapple with the importance of considering the Canadian perspective on carbon pricing. The IRA's updated impacts on emissions have been much larger than our much high carbon price.
Our laboratory the Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory (www.labradorgeolab.ca) is advertising for two phd positions here in Kingston. Please feel free to reach out to me if interested! We may have some future MSc positions as well!
February 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our laboratory the Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory (www.labradorgeolab.ca) is advertising for two phd positions here in Kingston. Please feel free to reach out to me if interested! We may have some future MSc positions as well!