Environment Earth and Resources News Archive
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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.
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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.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Fascinating Manitobans: U of M professor recognized for breakthrough research
January 26, 2024 —
Dr. Kirstin Brink from the department of Earth Sciences in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources has been named one of Manitoba’s top 100 ‘most fascinating individuals’ in 2023
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Solemn ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Canadian Coast Guard Helicopter Tragedy
August 31, 2023 —
The 10th anniversary of the Canadian Coast Guard Helicopter Tragedy marks the passing of Dr. Klaus Hochheim.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM scientists see record shattering Antarctic sea ice conditions first-hand
August 10, 2023 —
UM Scientists See Record Shattering Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions First-Hand
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CBC Up to Speed: Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
July 21, 2023 —
Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen is the lead on a project with fifteen other institutions talks to CBC's Up to Speed host, Faith Fundal about a breakthrough discovery in understanding climate change and its implications.
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Researchers discover evidence of melting ice sheet in Greenland
July 21, 2023 —
Researchers from the University of Manitoba and fifteen other institutions have made a breakthrough discovery in understanding climate change and its implications, revealing that at least 20% of Greenland was green 416,000 years ago, a new study in the journal Science shows.
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Students
UM degrees set 2023 grads on the path to success
June 5, 2023 —
Meet some outstanding graduates of UM’s class of 2023! These individuals will be graduating during Spring Convocation, June 6-9. Learn more about their journey and how they are making an impact.
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Winnipeg Free Press: Hoping to yield rice results
May 16, 2023 —
An initiative that began last fall has started to grow and might soon see wild rice, a culturally important crop, become a staple on dinner tables.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Hidden treasures on campus
May 15, 2023 —
A new exhibit has been unveiled in the Wallace Building’s Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie: Campus Hidden Treasures: Ancient Marine Life in Tyndall Stone.