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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment News Archive

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

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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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Veronica Coppolaro (left) and Emma Ausen (right) in the field. Photo supplied by Emma Ausen and Veronica Coppolaro.

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CTV Winnipeg: Conversation on bowhead whale discovery

March 28, 2025 — 
Conversation on bowhead whale discovery

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Dr. Franck Ghomsi

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

Radio-Canada Manitoba: Augmentation de la mer « inévitable » : 2 M d’Africains seront déplacés du golfe de Guinée

March 21, 2025 — 
D’ici 2050, plus de 2 millions de résidents avoisinant le golfe de Guinée seront déplacés en raison d’augmentations des niveaux de la mer

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Time lapse photo of the first documented sighting of two bowhead whales in the Churchill River Estuary. Taken on July 17, 2020. Photo supplied by Emma Ausen and Veronica Coppolaro.

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New paper out! First documented sighting of a group of bowhead whales in the Churchill River Estuary

March 17, 2025 — 
A group of bowhead whales were sighted by researchers in the Churchill River Estuary.

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Research and International

UM-led study warns arctic could be ‘beyond recognition’ by 2100

March 3, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking study warns of rapid and dramatic changes in the Arctic accelerating global temperatures with potentially irreversible consequences by the end of the century.

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