The UM team was recently successful in a major ($31.8M) Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) application to develop the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO) – a globally unique, multidisciplinary research facility located in Churchill Manitoba, adjacent to Canada’s only Arctic deep-water port. This highly innovative facility will include 2 saltwater sub-pools designed to investigate oil and other marine transportation-related contaminant spills in sea ice; an environmental observing system consisting of 5 high-tech moorings installed onto the ocean floor to monitor physical and biological variables along the Churchill Marine Corridor; and a logistics base to support all CMO research. Read more...