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The three recipients of the 2024 Riddell Faculty Teaching Awards. Dr. Johny Stephen (left), Dr. Nicole Wilson (middle), and Dr. Brock Edwards (right).

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

Riddell Faculty Celebrates Teaching Success

May 13, 2025 — 
The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources is proud to celebrate the latest winners of the faculty’s Teaching Awards.

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The June 22, 2007 Elie, Man. tornado remains the strongest recorded one in Canadian history. // Photo from Justin J. Hobson

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CBC Manitoba Radio Noon: Manitoba sees first tornado of the season

May 2, 2025 — 
Manitoba sees first tornado of the season

Dr. David Babb at Muller Ice Cap cheering on the Winnipeg Jets.

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QX 104 and CBC Manitoba: Cheering on the Winnipeg Jets from the top of the world

April 30, 2025 — 
Cheering on the Winnipeg Jets from the top of the world

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Dr. Stephane McLachlan.

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CBC Manitoba Radio Noon: Learn how to interact with your own backyard biome

April 29, 2025 — 
Learn how to interact with your own backyard biome

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Artic sea ice researcher David Babb.

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CTV Edmonton: Millennia-old ice core will be studied at University of Alberta

April 23, 2025 — 
Researchers are hoping ice samples from the arctic will help them learn more about climate change.

Dr. Alex Crawford

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

CityNews Winnipeg: Lake Winnipeg ice fisher calls for more support after hazardous winter

April 14, 2025 — 
A Lake Winnipeg fisherman says he can no longer provide volunteer supports to those stuck in the ice as an increase in traffic and change in climate creates challenging conditions.

Narwhals breach the water. / Photo: Glenn Williams - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Wikimedia Commons

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CBC Quirks & Quarks: How the unicorn of the sea uses its horn

April 7, 2025 — 
How the unicorn of the sea uses its horn

A researcher is walking along a series of tents set up in the Müller Ice Cap.

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UM Researchers Set to Drill Deepest Ice Core in Canadian History on Müller Ice Cap

April 4, 2025 — 
Researchers from the University of Manitoba are traveling to Müller Ice Cap, on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, where they will recover the deepest ice core ever drilled in Canada.

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Warren Bernauer has been volunteering with the Igloolik HTA for the past year. He said the Nunavut communities he's spoken to believe year-round shipping from Steensby Inlet could be too much. (Submitted by Warren Bernauer)

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CBC North: Nunavut hunters urge for reassessment as Baffinland eyes 2026 construction of Steensby rail

April 1, 2025 — 
The project was approved more than a decade ago. Hunters say a lot has changed since then

Julienne Stroeve stands in front of a framed map hung on a yellow wall

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Associated Press: Arctic sea ice hits record low for its usual peak growth period

March 28, 2025 — 
Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will have repercussions globally, scientists said Thursday.

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