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Natural Hazards GEOG-2212: Course Homepage
The New Normal: The Canadian Prairies in a Changing Climate is the most up-to-date assessment of climate change in the Prairies.  Order it now from the Canadian Plains Research Centre (or here).  View the Table of Contents.
You can watch the fascinating new documentary Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (co-directed by Zacharias Kunuk & Dr. Ian Mauro) online at the isuma.tv website.  Ian kindly presented this film at the Arctic Gateway Summit at the University of Winnipeg on November 9, 2010.
I encourage you to visit the website of Dr. James Hansen, where you will find many excellent updates about the state of the global climate.  He is the Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and one of the world's best climatologists.  He is the author of Storms of My Grandchildren, an excellent book about climate change.
Get the latest news about sea ice in the Arctic from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Check out the latest Global Analysis of the State of the Climate Report from the National Climatic Data Center.
Check out the Climate Prediction Center's weekly update of the state of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO).