University of Manitoba researchers and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra have teamed up for the first time to bring a night of new music and new science to the stage.
In July of 2007 Professor David Barber, Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science, began the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System (CFL) study. Involving 300 researchers from around […]

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Prominent international scientists have gathered in Winnipeg and will share their preliminary findings from the largest Arctic climate change study ever conducted in Canadian history at a press conference tomorrow.
University of Manitoba professor and Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science David Barber, the lead investigator of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System study, which began […]

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Arctic sea ice has duped satellites into reporting thick multiyear sea ice where in fact none exists, a new study by University of Manitoba researcher David Barber has found.
In 2008 and 2009 satellite data showed a growth in Arctic sea ice extension leaving some to reckon global warming was reversing. But after sailing an ice […]

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The University of Manitoba has been selected from 135 proposals nationally to nominate a world leader for the new Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change. The new federal program was created in 2008 to establish up to 20 prestigious research chairs in universities across the country. The program will dedicate […]

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