A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 29, 2023.Photo by ETHAN CAIRNS/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Climate change made warm Canadian December twice as likely: study

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Climate change made Canada’s warmest December in more than 50 years about twice as likely, a temperature anomaly that stood out around the world, a new study has found.

“It really stands out globally,” said Andrew Pershing of Climate Central, a non-profit group of scientists and science journalists based in Princeton, N.J.