FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
General questions
Climate Change Canada is a national environmental organization dedicated to advancing climate awareness, environmental sustainability, clean air, and community engagement through education, collaboration, innovation, and strategic partnerships.
Our mission is to connect businesses, educators, researchers, nonprofits, institutions, and communities through initiatives that inspire environmental responsibility and create meaningful, long-term impact across Canada.
Climate Change Canada believes that meaningful environmental progress is achieved through collaboration.
Rather than working in isolation, we bring together Strategic Climate and Environmental Partnersto build a collaborative Climate Alliance that promotes education, innovation, public engagement, and practical environmental solutions.
By combining expertise from multiple sectors, we create opportunities for organizations to work together, share knowledge, expand their impact, and help build healthier, more sustainable communities.
The Climate Alliance is a collaborative network established by Climate Change Canada that brings together organizations committed to environmental leadership, sustainability, clean air, climate awareness, and community engagement.
The Alliance provides a platform for businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, researchers, innovators, and community organizations to collaborate on initiatives that educate, inspire, and create measurable environmental impact.
Organizations that share our vision are invited to explore becoming Strategic Climate and Environmental Partners within the Climate Alliance.
Alliance Partners have the massive opportunity to collaborate on environmental initiatives, public awareness campaigns, educational programs, community engagement activities, and other projects that strengthen environmental stewardship while demonstrating leadership within their industries and communities.
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Climate Change Canada is an independent, non-partisan organization committed to working collaboratively with businesses, governments, educational institutions, nonprofits, researchers, Indigenous communities, and organizations from every sector to advance practical environmental solutions and public awareness.
There are many ways to support our mission.
You can help by becoming a Strategic Climate Partner or Environmental Partner, collaborating on environmental initiatives, sharing educational resources, participating in community awareness campaigns, volunteering your expertise, or making a financial contribution to support our national environmental education and outreach programs.
Every contribution helps expand our ability to educate communities, strengthen partnerships, and inspire meaningful environmental action across Canada.
Environmental progress begins with informed communities.
You can help by sharing Climate Change Canada’s educational resources, encouraging your organization and community to participate in our initiatives, and helping us expand the reach of our national awareness campaigns.
Organizations and individuals who support our mission play an important role in building a stronger Climate Alliance and creating a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for all Canadians.
Supporters from across Canada will receive a personalized digital Environmental Steward Recognition Seal, memorabilia and other materials to advance awareness while recognizing their commitment to advancing climate awareness and environmental sustainability.
How global temperatures are studied
No. To understand why not, imagine you’re a nurse checking a patient’s chart. You find the following temperature readings (Fahrenheit) for the last few hours: 99.2, 99.8, 1000, 101.4. You’d know immediately that the third number was a mistake. To make a realistic assessment of the patient’s condition, you’d have to either adjust it or throw it out.
Not yet. They have to be adjusted to account for all the changes that happen over time. Read on to learn more about those changes.
Climate researchers use every possible direct and indirect measurement to study the full history of Earth’s climate, from the latest satellite observations to samples of prehistoric ice extracted from glaciers.
Modern observations mostly come from weather stations, weather balloons, radars, ships and buoys, and satellites.
Major climate research organizations worldwide have developed mathematically rigorous, peer-reviewed data-processing methods to identify and compensate for changes in observing conditions.
No, the original records are preserved and are available at no cost online. You can access the National Climatic Data Center’s and global records here.
Almost half of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) corrected data are cooler than the original records. NOAA’s corrections of temperatures over the oceans — done to compensate for changes in methods of observing the temperature of water at the surface of the ocean — reduced the warming trend in global temperature.
Less frequently asked, but interesting
Contrary to common belief, its cow belching due to enteric fermentation.
Melting land ice, like mountain glaciers and the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, will change Earth’s rotation only if the meltwater flows into the ocean. For example, if the Greenland ice sheet were to completely melt and the meltwater were to completely flow into the ocean, then global sea level would rise by about seven meters (23 feet) and Earth would rotate more slowly, with the length of the day becoming longer than it is today, by about 2 milliseconds.
Melting sea ice, such as the Arctic ice cap, does not change sea level because the ice displaces its volume and, hence, does not change Earth’s rotation.
- Please help to raise awareness in your community and across the country by donating to ClimateChangeCanada.ca so that we can expand our reach through our marketing awareness campaign.
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