By Kayla ZhuLocal News Data HubNov. 11, 2021 Canada’s northernmost communities need to prepare for a future that includes dramatic reductions in the number of days when the thermometer will fall below -25 C, suggests a new municipal-level analysis of climate projections. The Local News Data Hub at Ryerson University compared temperature projections for the…
By Kayla ZhuLocal News Data HubNov. 11, 2021 Canadian communities need to prepare for dramatic changes in winter and summer temperatures, suggests a new municipal-level analysis of climate projections for the coming decades. The Local News Data Hub at Ryerson University compared temperatures from 1951-80 with projections for the period 2051-80 using data from ClimateData.ca,…
The Local News Data Hub’s goal with this project was to produce a series of stories on how climate change will alter winter cold and summer heat in Canadian communities in the coming decades. The results of the analysis for 30 Canadian cities are available by clicking on the map’s markers. The stories paint a…
What is the Local News Data Hub? The Local News Data Hub is committed to i) shoring up local journalism across Canada by supplying newsrooms with data-based stories ii) training student data journalists and iii) providing support to individual journalists and news organizations that require assistance with data analysis for their reporting projects. The Data…