weather

Scientists available to speak about our warm winter weather and our climate

January 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Advisory, Environment and Geography, environment

University of Manitoba researchers are available to speak to members of the media today about our warm and dry winter.
It’s expected to reach 7 C in Winnipeg today and so little snow has fallen you could mow a lawn. Is this weather indicative of our new climate? Is it even fair to say this weather […]

Oh, the weather outside is frightful… Why?

December 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Advisory, Environment and Geography, News Release, Outreach, Research, Science, human ecology, sustainability

Visionary Conversations is a speaker series at the University of Manitoba hosted by president and vice-chancellor Dr. David T. Barnard. Some of the university’s leading minds share their insight on issues affecting our world and how the decisions we make today will shape our future.
For the next event, titled “‘Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful’: […]

Tonight on TV: Oops! Professor Popsicle Does It Again!

November 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Advisory, Biology, Environment and Geography, Health, Kinesiology, Media, Medicine, Outreach, Research, Science, Sports, Video

Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, head of the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in the U of M’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, once again allows TV cameras into his lab to disprove a myth about the effects of cold weather on the body.
Tonight, as part of a Nature of Things segment on “Myth or […]

Three New Labs for University of Manitoba Researchers

September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Agriculture, Biology, Health, Medicine, Research, environment

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) of $700,547 to three University of Manitoba researchers who are working on projects that will directly impact agricultural and food science research initiatives.
“The investments being announced today at the University of Manitoba will further […]

Examining Canada’s Extremes

February 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Advisory, Environment and Geography, environment

The University of Manitoba’s Drought Research Initiative will take the first steps towards addressing climatic extremes in Canada.
Researchers from across Canada who study extremes – from droughts to floods – will gather at the Inn at the Forks in Winnipeg for a two-day workshop beginning on Feb. 7.
Climate extremes are arguably the most significant issue […]

Media Advisory: Whistler Mountain Weather Expert

February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Advisory, Environment and Geography, News Release, environment

Ronald Stewart, Head of Environment and Geography, is an expert in precipitation extremes and is able to speak to media about Whistler Mountain’s weather, which has become famous as of late for its ability to disrupt Olympic programming.

Advisory: Extreme weather and climate experts gather in Winnipeg

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Advisory, News Release

More than 60 top researchers from Canada and the U.S. are meeting in Winnipeg this week to discuss extreme weather and climate events and strategies for reducing their impact.
The Research for Disaster-Reduction from Extremes (REDE) Workshop takes place at the University of Manitoba on May 20 and 21, 2009. Hosted by environment and geography professor […]