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DK 1.2: Understanding weather, climate, and their impact on the environment helps us make informed choices to protect our planet.

Peat bog in northern Alberta

Peat Bogs and the Ring of Fire

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Learn about peat bogs, the threats they face and how you can help.

Image header for the Living In A Warming World interactive

Living In A Warming World Interactive

Interactives

Lexie is on a mission to help these animals with their Climate Change challenges.

Charlotte Cockburn standing in front of signs indicating distance to a variety of locations from Alert, Nunavut.

Charlotte Cockburn (she/her)

Career Profiles

Physical Scientist

I make sure we can monitor the weather all across Canada.
Front cover of Living In A Warming World

Living In A Warming World

Interactives

A pdf eBook focusing on Canadian animals and how they adapt to different conditions, introducing the impacts of climate change.

Earth with thermometer

Climate Math

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Learn about how to calculate temperature anomalies as a way of understanding how our climate is changing.

Sea ice

Ice on Earth - The Cryosphere

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Learn about the cryosphere and how it is being impacted by climate change.

Marty Robitaille pilotant un aéroglisseur

Marty Robitaille

Hovercraft Captain

Our climate is changing

Introduction to Climate Change

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Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.

ceberg under the midnight sun in Greenland

Climate: Polar Regions

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Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.

Hut on a tiny island

How can we build a structure that protects toy people from wind?

Hands-on Activities

How could you design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind?

Windy hillside

Weather: Wind

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Learn what causes wind and how to measure it.

Warm and cool Earth

Weather: Temperature

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Temperature affects the way we live, the clothes we wear and activities we do. But how does temperature vary across the globe?

Snowflake

Weather: Precipitation

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Learn about humidity and the many forms of precipitation.

Clouds seen from an airplane

Weather: Clouds

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Learn how clouds form and how they can be grouped into different categories

Soonwoong Kwon | Spécialiste en météorologie tactique (SMT)

Soonwoong Kwon

Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS)

Soonwoong Kwon is a Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS) for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Joint Meteorological Centre (JMT).