The latest SWIPA Report, an international scientific assessment of what has changed in the Arctic and the consequences of those changes, will be released today.

SWIPA – The Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic assessment – is published by the Arctic Council every five years to give politicians and the public an understanding of what is occurring in this delicate and vital landscape. The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum working on issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. Its latest SWIPA Report will be released at the International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action, April 24-27, 2017, in Reston, Virginia, USA.

Informing the report with their expertise were University of Manitoba researchers from the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, including Distinguished Professor David Barber, Canada Research Chair in Arctic-System Science, and Søren Rysgaard, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change. Associate professor C.J. Mundy and adjunct professor Christine Michel also collaborated on the assessment.  Read more...