Arctic Research News Archive

Wpg Free Press: UM researchers racing to protect Arctic from an inevitable oil spill
November 2, 2020 —
With the possibility of an ice-free summer in the Arctic in the near future, understanding how oil behaves in an Arctic ecosystem is critical

Faculty of Science
Arctic Research Foundation partners with UM and RRC to revolutionize public access to big Arctic data
October 5, 2020 —
A new partnership between the University of Manitoba (UM), Red River College (RRC), and the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF) is setting out to unlock the big data secrets previously hidden in Canada’s Arctic.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
The Churchill Marine Observatory
August 10, 2020 —
The Churchill Marine Observatory is dedicated to the studies on detection, impact and mitigation of oil spills and related contaminants in sea ice-covered waters, extreme weather, climate change and fresh-water marine coupling studies.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
How video games help teach Arctic climate science
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.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
CEOS chair receives prize for Arctic climate research
January 30, 2020 —
The prize aims to put relevant issues for future Arctic development onto the national and international agenda

Top Conversation Canada stories of 2019
December 19, 2019 —
From sex robots to anti-vaxxers, we’ve gathered the five most read UM Conversation Canada stories in 2019

Researchers win award for new way to assess impact of Arctic oil spills
November 21, 2019 —
Asper School of Business scholars won the 'KLU Young Researcher Best Paper Award' for their new model

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
European Geosciences Union awards medal to CEOS scholar
November 7, 2019 —
Senior Canada-150 Research Chair at the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), Dr. Julienne Stroeve, will receive the EGU Cryospheric Sciences Division Medal.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM researcher awarded the Mohn Prize
October 28, 2019 —
Dr. Dahl-Jensen receives the Mohn Prize for her research and leadership in combining ice core data with climate models to reconstruct past climate and its impact on the Greenland ice sheet and global climate

Sources of climate science
September 30, 2019 —
CEOS scholar will be taking part in MOSAiC, the largest polar expedition ever conceived