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Western Producer: Researchers measure emissions from the sky

Fiona Odlum — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:11:55 +0000

A group of researchers, policy makers and producer organizations is repurposing part of a CBC transmission tower to get data on agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The tower at Yorkton, Sask., will be fitted with sensors to measure agricultural nitrous oxide emissions 100 metres above the ground.

The group, dubbed CanN20net, held its inaugural meeting in October 2024. Armed with $8 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, it aims to conduct nationwide studies on N2O emissions, develop better metrics to track reductions and create a path for scaling up nitrogen management practices.

To read the full story, please follow the link here to the Western Producer.

CityNews Winnipeg: Manitoba wildfires creating poor air quality in Winnipeg

Fiona Odlum — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:32:08 +0000

“Breathing the toxic air, well it’s dangerous, regardless,” said Dr. Louise Chartrand, assistant professor of respiratory therapy in the UM College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

UM is building a new AirSAFE Lab, which will be Canada’s first multi-disciplinary research centre for biomedical, engineering, natural science and occupational health experts to study how inhaled pollutants impact health and disease. Chartrand says she looks forward to the research that will be undertaken at this new facility.

To read the full story, please visit CityNews Winnipeg.

CBC Manitoba: Air quality and the UM AirSAFE Research Centre

Fiona Odlum — Mon, 13 May 2024 16:45:35 +0000

Host Marcy Markusa speaks to Dr. Christopher Pasco an assistant professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology at the University of Manitoba about how wild fire smoke impacts our health.

To listen to the entire interview, please visit CBC Manitoba.