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The tornado was officially rated F5, the highest rating on the Fujita scale. // Photo by Justin Hobson.

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

CBC Manitoba: Last year, Canada experienced the longest tornado season on record

February 11, 2025 — 
Last year, Canada experienced the longest tornado season on record

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At the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO), researchers find ways to respond to a changing environment. // Image from CMO

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

CBC Manitoba: Can Manitoba’s ‘niche’ northern port put potential U.S. trade tensions on ice? It depends who you ask

January 26, 2025 — 
Premier says Churchill's port an 'important card' to play in strengthening U.S. ties amid trade tension

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Solar panels at the UM Smartpark will help power experiments involving sea ice.

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

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M sea ice lab turns to solar power

January 22, 2025 — 
U of M sea ice lab turns to solar power

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Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples

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

CTV Winnipeg: ‘Really unique’: Ice core drilled by U of M scientist could unlock climate history

January 9, 2025 — 
'Really unique': Ice core drilled by U of M scientist could unlock climate history

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Research and International

What can the longest continuous ice core record tell us about climate change? A UM scientist is finding out

January 8, 2025 — 
Scientists have discovered the oldest ice core – estimated to be over 1.2 million years old; with the potential of revealing clues into the Earth’s changing climate.

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A smoke stack at sunset

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Western Producer: Researchers measure emissions from the sky

January 7, 2025 — 
Researchers measure emissions from the sky

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mud, grey and deeply cracked from drought

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Top Crop Manager: Managing subsurface water in era of climate change

December 19, 2024 — 
Managing subsurface water in era of climate change

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northern landscape in May with colourful foliage, set on a coast. A blue building in the background beneath a breathtaking cloudy skyline.

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

BBC: Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world

December 18, 2024 — 
Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world

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2 Killer whales swimming in the open water (photo: Dianne Maddox)

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

Mongabay News: Killer whales have found new homes in the Arctic Ocean, potentially reshaping marine ecology

December 3, 2024 — 
Manitoba HIV diagnoses up 130%: HIV program

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Dr Mario Pinto

Research and International

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M strategic research plan: ‘bold’ goals, Indigenous focus

October 9, 2024 — 
U of M strategic research plan: ‘bold’ goals, Indigenous focus

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