climate change News Archive
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
CBC Edmonton: Research team descends on Alberta to track frequency, severity of hailstorms
July 22, 2024 —
Research team descends on Alberta to track frequency, severity of hailstorms
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Winnipeg Free Press: Homebuilding lessons to help transform northern First Nation
July 18, 2024 —
Homebuilding lessons to help transform northern First Nation
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Associated Press: Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s
July 2, 2024 —
Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s
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
APTN: New report says there could be negative impacts as sub-Arctic killer whales move north
June 21, 2024 —
New report says there could be negative impacts as sub-Arctic killer whales move north
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Reuters: Record low May sea ice rings alarm bells for Canada’s Hudson Bay polar bears
June 13, 2024 —
Record low May sea ice rings alarm bells for Canada's Hudson Bay polar bears
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.
UM researcher helps to track Grolar or Pizzly bears
June 13, 2024 —
A UM researcher is part of team of North American researchers who used a new chip to track the diversity and hybridization between polar bears and grizzly bears. Read more about the research and the new tool they used to find out just how common this kind of hybridization might be around the world.
CBC Manitoba: Effects of warmer Atlantic Ocean now being felt in northern Manitoba, experts say
May 28, 2024 —
Effects of warmer Atlantic Ocean now being felt in northern Manitoba, experts say
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
CBC Manitoba: Air quality and the UM AirSAFE Research Centre
May 13, 2024 —
CBC Manitoba: Air quality and the UM AirSAFE Research Centre