Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources News Archive

July 7, 2020 — 
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has awarded $91 million in funding to more than 1,253 researchers from 60 different Canadian institutions, following the 2019-20 Insight Grants competition. Among these are 10 UM researchers who collectively received $1,796,707 in funding.

June 11, 2020 — 
Public voting is open for the 2020 Science Exposed People’s Choice Award and Riddell graduate student Tyler Black needs your votes

June 11, 2020 — 
A UM environmental science student decided to turn her Honours thesis into a short film with an original soundtrack. The project went so well that she is now continuing it within her Master’s thesis.

April 27, 2020 — 
Vaclav Smil: 'It should not be so hard to admit that, at this point, we do not know much more than we do know.'

April 22, 2020 — 
Using these models, the researchers considered the future evolution of Arctic sea-ice cover in a scenario with high future CO2 emissions and little climate protection. As expected, Arctic sea ice disappeared quickly in summer in these simulations.

April 20, 2020 — 
Coming back from a world of complete darkness into a world fighting a pandemic.

March 12, 2020 — 
More than 150 middle-and-high school learners met with climate researchers on March 5 for Arctic Science Day. Students learned how new knowledge is developed from working in harsh Arctic conditions, and how the learning process can be a lot like playing video games.

February 10, 2020 — 
Discover magazine interviewed professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

January 30, 2020 — 
The prize aims to put relevant issues for future Arctic development onto the national and international agenda

January 24, 2020 — 
'I enjoyed my courses so much more after my first placement because I understood that classroom knowledge could be put to real use'