Environment Earth and Resources News Archive
![Image of Arctic sea ice](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Candlish_Lauren_2013_Transit3-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Arctic open-water periods are projected to lengthen dramatically by 2100, UM study
June 3, 2021 —
A team from the Centre for Earth Observation Science has published a paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment that addresses a large gap in our understanding of Arctic Sea Ice coverage.
![Migizii Agamik with Teepee](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Migizii-Agamik-Teepee-2-150x150.jpg)
Indigenous
Indigenous UM students honoured at virtual Manitoba Indigenous Youth Achievement Awards
May 10, 2021 —
Five Indigenous students at UM were recognized with awards
![indigenous-graduation-stoles](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Pow-Wow-2019-137-150x150.jpg)
Indigenous
Honouring First Nations, Métis and Inuit graduates
May 3, 2021 —
Indigenous campus community celebrated graduates virtually on May 8
![Virtual 3MT competition in 2020.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3MT-June-2020-41-of-73-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Graduate Studies
3MT finals on April 21
April 13, 2021 —
Mark your calendars – the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) final competition is coming up
![Maddie Harasyn shows the uses of drones in Arctic research](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/arcitc-remote-sensing-150x150.png)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
A new virtual experience for Arctic Science Day
March 23, 2021 —
More than 1,500 students attended the unique Arctic and climate science workshop with in-field subject matter experts with backgrounds in physical and chemical oceanography, sea ice optics, marine mammals, remote sensing, contaminants and oil spills.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM grad new coordinator of Winnipeg Food Council
March 23, 2021 —
Jeanette Sivilay brings her MA in Geography to helping Winnipeg become more food secure
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Water workshop discusses Lake Winnipeg basin and the Nelson River watershed
March 22, 2021 —
The Centre for Earth Observation Science in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources hosted a virtual workshop about research programs occurring in the Lake Winnipeg basin and Nelson River watershed
![Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Dahl-Jensen_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice, indicating an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate
March 15, 2021 —
The discovery helps confirm a new and troubling understanding that the Greenland ice has melted off entirely during recent warm periods in Earth’s history—periods like the one we are now contributing to with human-caused climate change.
![Virtual 3MT competition in 2020.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3MT-June-2020-41-of-73-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Graduate Studies
2021 3MT finalists announced
March 10, 2021 —
The results are in: After three competitive heats, the 12 finalists for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition have been chosen
![Dr. Juliana Marson, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/P1020964-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Meet Dr. Juliana Marini Marson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment and Geography
March 8, 2021 —
Dr. Juliana Marson is a new faculty member at the University of Manitoba whose research focus lies on the polar oceans, their interactions with the cryosphere and climate.