Environment Earth and Resources News Archive
St. John's College
It’s not Just Water—a creative approach to exploring water and justice
March 21, 2025 —
Internationally recognized artist-in-residence at UM brings unique lens to exploring relationships with water as part of the Just Waters project
Research and International
Four new UM Canada Research Chairs focus on Indigenous research
March 13, 2025 —
Recently, the federal government announced support for four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and three renewals at UM.
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.
UM faculty and alumni appointed to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission board
March 3, 2025 —
Seven faculty and alumni have recently been appointed to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC) board, an important arms-length provincial agency under the Environment Act.
Sustainability
Climate change is changing sport: find out how at Sustainability Night 2025
February 6, 2025 —
The Manitoba Marathon cancelled due to heat in 2022. A shortened cross-country ski season because there wasn’t enough snow in 2024. These are just two examples of how climate change is changing sport. If you look globally, there are many more. Dr. Madeleine Orr, a world-leading sports ecologist will give the keynote address at the University of Manitoba’s Sustainability Night on Feb. 27, with her talk titled 'Climate change vs. sport: Keeping the score on adaptation and activism'.
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.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
CBC Manitoba: Bear-proof bins would be worth the investment in Manitoba provincial park, expert says
October 3, 2024 —
Bear-proof bins would be worth the investment in Manitoba provincial park, expert says
Research and International
The Conversation: Broken temperature records are alarming but it is not too late to limit global warming
September 3, 2024 —
As a climate scientist, I am morbidly riveted by these events, checking climate data hubs with the same fervour and frequency that my friends and family check the hockey and football scores.
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.
Sustainability
Sustainability leaders making their mark
May 17, 2024 —
Each year, the University of Manitoba Sustainability Awards recognize and celebrates the collaborative efforts of students, staff and faculty to advance UM’s commitment to excellence and leadership in sustainability. The 2024 recipients have been selected.