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UM in the news: Top 10 UM newsmakers for 2024

December 8, 2024 — 
UM experts and researchers were featured in media stories locally, nationally and globally. Read on to find out who were the Top 10 UM newsmakers for 2024.

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UM researcher Julienne Stroeve looking down at ice to measure thickness in Hudson Bay area.

Scientists predict localized extinction of Hudson Bay polar bears if Paris Climate Agreements are breached

June 13, 2024 — 
For the first time, a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, including UM's Julienne Stroeve and Alex Crawford, analyzed sea ice thickness against polar bear and seal survival across all of Hudson Bay; due to faster-than-expected sea ice loss, scientists predict localized polar bear extinction.

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Arctic Landscape

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

Eureka Alert: Sedimentary records of contaminant inputs in Frobisher Bay, Nunavut

February 2, 2024 — 
Sedimentary records of contaminant inputs in Frobisher Bay, Nunavut

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Feiyue Wang collecting frost flower samples for study. // Photo by BeiBei Lu

UM Faces and Spaces: Feiyue Wang

February 2, 2024 — 
For our UM Spaces and Faces feature this month, we're highlighting Feiyue Wang, UM professor, associate dean (Research and Innovation), and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Arctic Environmental Chemistry.

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Doctor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen.

Discovering messages in the ice: UM researcher recognized for climate change finding

January 11, 2024 — 
Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Ice, Freshwater-Marine Coupling and Climate Change in the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources at the University of Manitoba has been named a recipient of the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the climate change category.

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The research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen

Research and International

UM Knowledge Exchange Launching on November 22, an event series to share emerging research and innovation

October 27, 2023 — 
On Wednesday November 22, 2023, climate change experts will share new insights with the UM Knowledge Exchange presentation Now You Sea Ice..

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Amphipod Themisto libellula

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

Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer

September 7, 2023 — 
New study shows climate change is affecting the seasonal vertical migration of zooplankton in the Arctic.

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Julienne Stroeve

National Geographic: Arctic ice is getting thinner by the day—and sea life is suffering

March 17, 2023 — 
Professor Julienne Stroeve's work gets noticed

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David Barber, Rh Award

Mourning the loss of visionary Arctic researcher, Dr. David Barber

April 16, 2022 — 
Through his vision, leadership and endless efforts, Dr. Barber established UM as a global leader in Arctic research

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Rainfall in the Arctic will soon be more common than snowfall

November 30, 2021 — 
Changes will happen decades earlier than previously thought

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