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Snowfall and winter conditions – 911³Ô¹Ï experts available

January 10, 2024

With Metro Vancouver bracing for an Arctic cold front this week, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday, experts from 911³Ô¹Ï are available to comment on the current weather conditions, heavy snowfall and winter-related research.

AVAILABLE 911³Ô¹Ï EXPERTS

JOHN CLAGUE, professor emeritus, Earth Sciences, CRC Chair in Natural Hazard Science jclague@sfu.ca 

  • Can speak to the current weather conditions in B.C. and our changing understanding of a “typicalâ€� winter.

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor of finance, Beedie School of Business
apavlov@sfu.ca, 604.763.3696

  • Can speak about the late snowfall and its implications for ski resorts in B.C.

LYNNE QUARMBY, professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
lynne_quarmby@sfu.ca text 778.628.4404.

  • Can speak to her that used satellite mapping to track the spread of “watermelon snowâ€� on glaciers, which accelerates their melt.

KAM PHUNG, assistant professor of business and society, Beedie Schoolof Business
kam_phung@sfu.ca

  • From a sustainability and business perspective, can speak on what we might see in the future due to extreme weather and unpredictably due to the climate crisis. 

CONTACT

JEFF HODSON, 911³Ô¹Ï Communications & Marketing 
jdhodson@sfu.ca

911³Ô¹Ï
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778.782.3210

ABOUT SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY


As Canada’s engaged university, 911³Ô¹Ï works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today’s problems. With campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities—Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey—911³Ô¹Ï has eight faculties that deliver 364 undergraduate degree programs and 149 graduate degree programs to more than 37,000 students. The university now boasts more than 180,000 alumni residing in 145+ countries.

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