Thursday, June 6, 2013
As our climate changes, flooding, fire, tornadoes and drought likely sit atop many people’s list of potential environmental hazards. But those of us who get behind the wheel of a car for our daily trek to the office could be facing an increasingly treacherous commute according to Geography and Environmental Management (GEM) professor Jean Andrey.
Andrey, who has been with GEM for 24 years and also serves as Environment’s Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, is an expert on weather and society – especially how weather, in combination with other variables, affects road safety in Canada.