CEOS News Archive
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Dr. Klaus Hochheim Photography Exhibit open
July 24, 2024 —
An exhibit of photographs from former UM researcher Dr. Klaus Hochheim is open at Canadian Mennonite University until the end of August. Dr. Hochheim was a climatologist and ice scientist in the Centre for Earth Observation Science for 12 years until his tragic death in a helicopter crash in the Arctic in September 2013.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM Researcher Wins Frontiers of Knowledge Award
June 27, 2024 —
Dr. Dorthe Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, along with four colleagues, won the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category. Dr. Dahl-Jensen and her team were lauded for their work on using ice cores in Greenland to track the relationship of greenhouse gas concentrations to changes in climate over the past 800,000 years.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM to host Water and Climate Justice Event – Funded by SSHRC Connections Grant
May 13, 2024 —
The UM is hosting a public event titled "Water and Climate Justice: Advancing Intersectional Approaches." at the Canadian Human Rights Museum on Tuesday May 28th.
Research and International
SET Day welcomes 188 students from record-breaking 35 schools to UM research labs
February 26, 2024 —
On Wednesday February 21, 188 Manitoba high school students visited UM for Science Engineering and Technology (SET) Day.
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.
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.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Deploying four moorings in the High Arctic
October 25, 2023 —
CEOS researchers are reaching historic high latitudes aboard the CCGS Amundsen in an effort to understand climate change's effect on water and sea-ice dynamics.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
How have sea ice and climate varied in the Canadian Arctic during the last 20,000 years?
May 12, 2023 —
To answer this question, Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Canada Excellence Research Chair, and team are looking to drill an ice core on Müller Ice Cap, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. You can follow along as they post updates to their blog.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
How fast can Greenland flow?
April 25, 2023 —
As the world continues to warm in response to human activities, glaciers and ice sheets continue to melt, which leads to sea-level rise.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Breaking Ice documentary features UM scientists on a mission to understand climate change
April 21, 2023 —
The feature-length film from local film production company Build Films, follows a group of scientists from the Centre for Earth Observation in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources as they conducted research to distinguish the effects of climate change from hydroelectric regulation of freshwater on Hudson Bay.