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Applied research already well underway at MBFI
MBFI has kick-started a number of research projects, examining everything from energy-dense annual forages to riparian health
Zooming in on climate change impacts
A new atlas outlines climate change scenarios from a local perspective
Atlas showing future climate change under development
An online resource of maps and data will help planners adapt to climate change
New centre for climate risk reduction on the Prairies
The centre will focus on building community resilience
Climate Atlas proposed as long-term planning tool
University of Winnipeg climatologist Danny Blair wants everyone to have accessible information through an easy-to-read mapping database called the Climate Atlas of Manitoba
Churchill gets another booster
Protect that investment
Expert says climate change will alter the Prairies
University of Winnipeg geography professor predicts Manitoba climate will be more like Nebraska’s within a few decades, including weeks of plus 30 C summer days
Hurricane Sandy and the devastating Midwest drought have convinced many Americans that climate change is real, and Prairie residents may soon have reason to feel likewise, says a University of Winnipeg geography professor. “We are in climate change central in this part of North America,” Danny Blair said in a recent presentation at Ag Days.Water cycles on the great plains have changed
Small towns’ older citizens need new forms of transport
The growing number of mobility scooters in Morris is a glimpse of a future that will see Manitoba’s senior population triple in the next two decades
Morris is becoming something of a year-round Sturgis, that granddaddy of U.S. motorcycle rallies — except it’s power chairs and medical scooters, not Harleys, that everyone’s riding. And now it’s got proper sidewalks for those who use the devices. “We’ve got a lot of people riding them in town, probably anywhere from 40 to 50,”