The Canadian record is 131 tornadoes in a year, set in 2022.

NTP researchers are constantly analyzing and updating severe weather data from across the country, meaning more tornadoes and downbursts may be discovered over time. Last year, preliminary data showed there were 86 tornadoes in Canada, but that number increased to 90 after a year of further investigation.

The record was initially set in 2022 with 129 tornadoes, but upon further review, the total climbed to 131, establishing a new benchmark for Canada.

Dr. John Hanesiak, professor atmospheric science at the University of Manitoba, joined CBC’s Faith Fundal to explain why Canada had the longest tornado season. 

To listen to the entire conversation, please follow the link to CBC Manitoba.

On Tuesday, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Churchill — a town of just under 900 people on Hudson Bay in the province’s far north — could help ensure Arctic sovereignty and national security because it’s accessible via train and has a deep-sea port.

Investing in the port is not only good for diversifying Manitoba’s trade relationships, but also a “really important card that we have to play in strengthening” ties with the U.S. amid likely trade tensions, he said.

To read the entire article which includes comments from Dr. Feiyue Wang, professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the department of environment and geography and Centre for Earth Observation Science plus, Dr. Barry Prentice, professor of supply chain management, at the I.H. Asper School of Business.

Follow the link here to CBC Manitoba.

The $30,000 solar panel will reduce the hydro bill, plus excess power generated by it can be put on Manitoba Hydro’s grid.

Debbie Armstrong, an instructor in the environment and geography department, who is a technician at the ultra-clean trace elements laboratory, wrote the proposal to acquire the panel.

To read the entire story, please follow the link to the Winnipeg Free Press.

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, a researcher from the University of Manitoba, was part of a team that successfully drilled into an ice core 2,800 metres in length, and uncovered the oldest ice core ever retrieved – more than 1.2 million years old.

She said the core will give an insight into past climate patterns.

To read the full story and watch the interview, please follow the link to CTV Winnipeg. 

From a remote site in Antarctica, an international research team including Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen from UM, has achieved a historic milestone. The scientists successfully drilled a 2,800-meter-long ice core, reaching bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet and uncovering the oldest ice core ever retrieved.

The Beyond EPICA team of scientists

“This achievement is monumental for climate and environmental science,” said Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Sea Ice, Freshwater-Marine Coupling and Climate Change at the University of Manitoba. “This ice core provides the longest continuous climate record known, and we hope it will help us understand the connections between Earth’s carbon cycle and temperature changes throughout history.”

This breakthrough offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore Earth’s climate and atmospheric history, including the relationship between temperature and greenhouse gases during the most distant periods of the ice age.

“Congratulations to the Beyond EPICA team for this extraordinary discovery,” said Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice President (Research and International). “UM scientists continue to push the boundaries of knowledge and with bold research that will provide solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.”

The ice core is poised to reveal invaluable insights into the planet’s past climate patterns, which are believed to be linked to greenhouse gases preserved in the air bubbles trapped within the ice. It is hoped that this information will give the team clues about how the Earth will respond to rising temperatures.

“The success of this drilling campaign far exceeded our expectations,” said Dahl-Jensen. “We are eager to begin extracting the detailed climate information stored in these ice cores, collaborating with the broader team of scientists to unlock this crucial data.”

The research project was made possible by the collaboration of scientific and logistical teams from across Europe. The project is funded by the European Commission, with support from national partners across Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

To learn more about Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice project, visit the project website:  https://www.beyondepica.eu/en/

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.

To read the entire article, please follow the link with Top Crop Manager. 

“If there’s a bear this close to you,” she says as she measures a distance of about 30cm with her hands, “make a fist – and punch it in the nose.

“Polar bears have very sensitive noses – it’ll just run away.”

Tee has not had to put this advice to the test. But growing up here – alongside the planet’s largest land predator – means bear safety is part of everyday life.

To read the entire story and learn about how the UM is involved, please follow the link to the BBC.

The full-length documentary will be on BBC World News on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, then repeated the following weekend.

Two distinct killer whale populations now claim habitats in the Arctic, according to a team led by researchers at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. But the whales’ presence raises conservation concerns that may be difficult to address, the team reported recently in Global Change Biology.

To read more about this research, please follow the link to Mongabay News.

Among other things, it’s built a free digital surveying tool (Our Data Indigenous) that’s being used by more than 30 Indigenous communities for all sorts of data collection — from moose populations to surveying community desires regarding a proposed recreation centre.

The digital app adheres to the First Nations principle of OPAC (ownership, control, access and possession of data).

To read the full story, please visit Winnipeg Free Press.