Canada to have a warmer-than-usual winter

 

 

Environment Canada says most of the country will experience normal or above-normal temperatures this winter. But it also warns that the end of the season will be very different from the beginning.

The agency predicts that winter temperatures will be above normal in northern Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, Newfoundland and Labrador. Temperatures and precipitation in other parts of the country, especially in December, could be above average. But that could change by the end of February. Climate change is causing temperatures in Canada to rise at twice the rate of global warming. The effects are most pronounced in the Arctic, according to a report by Environment Canada. The government is launching a pilot project next year to study whether human-caused climate change is causing serious environmental impacts.