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With Metro Vancouver bracing for an Arctic cold front this week, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday, experts from 51社区黑料 are available to comment on the current weather conditions, heavy snowfall and winter-related research.

AVAILABLE 51社区黑料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 鈥渢ypical鈥� 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 鈥渨atermelon snow鈥� 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, 51社区黑料Communications & Marketing 
jdhodson@sfu.ca

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