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At the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO), researchers find ways to respond to a changing environment. // Image from CMO

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CBC Manitoba: Can Manitoba’s ‘niche’ northern port put potential U.S. trade tensions on ice? It depends who you ask

January 26, 2025 — 
Premier says Churchill's port an 'important card' to play in strengthening U.S. ties amid trade tension

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Solar panels at the UM Smartpark will help power experiments involving sea ice.

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Winnipeg Free Press: U of M sea ice lab turns to solar power

January 22, 2025 — 
U of M sea ice lab turns to solar power

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Paul Durkin in Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania with students.

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CTV Winnipeg: New findings on homo erectus

January 20, 2025 — 
Paul Durkin, an assistant professor at U of M, discusses how a new study is changing what we know about homo erectus.

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Youth Advisory Council

January 17, 2025 — 
Seeking Inuit Youth between the ages of 16-24 years old to sit on an advisory council.

Researchers Travis Qaunaq, left, from Igloolik, Nunavut, and Madison Sheritt of the University of Manitoba pull a hydrophone out of the water in Foxe Basin. (Submitted by C-Jae Breiter/DFO)

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CBC North: Researchers want to know how more marine shipping in Nunavut could affect walruses

January 16, 2025 — 
Little data exists on how walruses in Foxe Basin react to ships

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Students walking in winter on Fort Garry campus.

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CBC Manitoba: Deep Freeze in January: What’s Happening with Manitoba’s Weather?

January 15, 2025 — 
Deep Freeze in January: What's Happening with Manitoba's Weather?

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Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples

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CTV Winnipeg: ‘Really unique’: Ice core drilled by U of M scientist could unlock climate history

January 9, 2025 — 
'Really unique': Ice core drilled by U of M scientist could unlock climate history

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Research and International News

What can the longest continuous ice core record tell us about climate change? A UM scientist is finding out

January 8, 2025 — 
Scientists have discovered the oldest ice core – estimated to be over 1.2 million years old; with the potential of revealing clues into the Earth’s changing climate.

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Supporting Open Dialogue and Academic Freedom

January 8, 2025 — 
Update from President Benarroch on public statements

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2 Killer whales swimming in the open water (photo: Dianne Maddox)

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The Canadian Press: Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too

January 2, 2025 — 
Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too

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