WEATHER AND CLIMATE
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A LEGACY OF COLD • BY GABRIELLE ANCTIL
"The snowy winters of your childhood will never come back," was the headline on Radio-Canada in 2019, in an article in which reporter Naël Shiab analyzed data from weather stations across the country to determine the impact of the climate crisis on snow cover. "[Montreal] has lost nearly two weeks of snow on the ground over the decades," the reporter noted—a similar situation observed across the province.
PHOTO Alexandre Provost
The impacts of climate change are now part of our daily lives. They can be seen in the floods, record heat waves and forest fires that make headlines almost every day. They also affect an important aspect of Quebec culture: the weather.
