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Earth Sciences - Event - 16.05.2025
UCalgary geomatics professor captures industry award
UCalgary geomatics professor captures industry award

Physics - Earth Sciences - 28.03.2025
Ask Me Something: How to see the northern lights and more aurora questions answered
Ask Me Something: How to see the northern lights and more aurora questions answered
UCalgary physicist Eric Donovan explains the science behind the night-time illuminations amidst 2025 solar maximum Last year, the night skies treated Calgarians to more auroral displays than usual.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 21.03.2025
Snapshot of Antarctica's past helps predict future climate
Snapshot of Antarctica’s past helps predict future climate
In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new insights into the future of Antarctica's melting ice that may change the way climate scientists predict the effects of a warming planet.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 21.03.2025
Exploring the future of frozen water
Understanding ice dynamics in the Yukon's St. Elias Mountains to prepare for sea level rise and protect water resources As the world focuses on glacier preservation this UN World Water Day , re

Earth Sciences - Environment - 13.03.2025
Solid Carbon receiving $24M to advance ocean-based carbon dioxide removal
Solid Carbon receiving $24M to advance ocean-based carbon dioxide removal

Environment - Earth Sciences - 26.02.2025
Health of Fraser River Delta requires monitoring, management, SFU researchers warn
The Fraser River is unique among the world's great rivers - a huge, relatively natural, undammed, mountain river running through a dense urban area.

Earth Sciences - Environment - 10.02.2025
Model of Antarctica's water enhances sea level forecasts
Model of Antarctica’s water enhances sea level forecasts
Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 27.01.2025
’Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought 
Research findings highlight potential impacts on biodiversity, challenge current conservation policies  The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA) - a vital habitat for ice-dependent species - might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a new study by McGill researchers using a high-resolution model has found.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 17.01.2025
Seabed carbon storage overlooked in marine protected area planning
Seabed carbon storage overlooked in marine protected area planning

Architecture & Buildings - Earth Sciences - 14.01.2025
Mapping accessibility to transform cities
Mapping accessibility to transform cities
The CAMMM Atlas is a digital platform used to analyze disparities in accessibility and promote better distribution of services in cities.

Innovation - Earth Sciences - 21.11.2024
Researcher wins Mitacs Innovation Award for breakthrough work to increase mine safety
Researcher wins Mitacs Innovation Award for breakthrough work to increase mine safety

Environment - Earth Sciences - 28.10.2024
Western launches Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory
Western launches Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory
New research centre will transform understanding of damaging winds, hail and flash floods in Canada A global leader in wind engineering and climate resiliency for 60 years, Western University is changing the way Canadians think about the country's most dangerous and damaging weather events.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 21.10.2024
Benjamin Gwinneth: Uncovering the effects of past climate change
Benjamin Gwinneth: Uncovering the effects of past climate change
Newly appointed geography professor Benjamin Gwinneth uses innovative geochemical methods, such as measuring fecal molecules, to understand how climate variability shaped ancient populations.

Earth Sciences - Environment - 03.10.2024
Calgary to host 2028 International Geological Congress
Calgary to host 2028 International Geological Congress

Environment - Earth Sciences - 02.10.2024
The upsurge of landslides in Nunavik under study
The upsurge of landslides in Nunavik under study

Astronomy & Space - Earth Sciences - 25.09.2024
Connecting science and community
Connecting science and community

Earth Sciences - Campus - 23.09.2024
Unearthing excitement for science
Unearthing excitement for science

Earth Sciences - Physics - 20.09.2024
Two UCalgary professors named as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union

Materials Science - Earth Sciences - 19.09.2024
Building better batteries key to Western's role in growing electric vehicle industry
Building better batteries key to Western’s role in growing electric vehicle industry

Earth Sciences - Environment - 23.08.2024
UCalgary researcher joins Canadian team exploring the deep sea
UCalgary researcher joins Canadian team exploring the deep sea
A marine hydrogeologist from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Science has joined an expedition exploring the deep ocean off the west coast of British Columbia.

Earth Sciences - 29.07.2024
UCalgary prof's research supports launch of Canada's earthquake alert system
UCalgary prof’s research supports launch of Canada’s earthquake alert system

Earth Sciences - 17.07.2024
Seismic activity in metro Vancouver mapped out for risk analysis, urban planning
Seismic activity in metro Vancouver mapped out for risk analysis, urban planning
Sheri Molnar and her team have collected earthquake relevant data at more than 2,300 locations across Canada's third-largest city centre While earthquake prediction is next to impossible, it is possib

Environment - Earth Sciences - 11.07.2024
ONC welcomes new Tang.Gwan - hacxwiqak - Tsigis Marine Protected Area
ONC welcomes new Tang.Gwan - hacxwiqak - Tsigis Marine Protected Area
Ocean Networks Canada, a University of Victoria initiative, welcomes today's announcement of the new marine protected area (MPA) Tang.

Earth Sciences - Environment - 05.07.2024
UVic geologist wins Kyoto Prize for research
UVic geologist wins Kyoto Prize for research

Earth Sciences - Astronomy & Space - 05.06.2024
Funding helps students explore ongoing mysteries of STEVE
Space mission uses nano satellite to learn more about the long, glowing ribbon of purple light that sometimes arches across the night sky A project at the University of Calgary is preparing for a spac

Campus - Earth Sciences - 03.06.2024
Global explorer achieves academic excellence

Earth Sciences - 03.06.2024
Discovering passion through volunteering
Discovering passion through volunteering

Astronomy & Space - Earth Sciences - 29.05.2024
Western space experts test new rover instrument
Western space experts test new rover instrument
The search for life beyond Earth is a major driver for space exploration. That's why the discovery of clay minerals on Mars almost two decades ago continues to captivate scientists around the world.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 22.05.2024
Record warming: How should Canada, its cities and citizens adapt?
Record warming: How should Canada, its cities and citizens adapt?
In January 2024, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced 2023 as the hottest year on record since 1850 .

Earth Sciences - Environment - 15.05.2024
Solar storm detected in deep sea observatories
The powerful solar storm driving the aurora borealis over global skies last weekend was also triggering the movement of compasses deep in the ocean, as revealed in new scientific findings shared today by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative.

Health - Earth Sciences - 09.05.2024
2 UCalgary scientists explore the unnoticed and unseen
Belinda Heyne and Rachel Lauer's research takes them from microbes invisible to the human eye to entire ecosystems hidden in the darkest depths of the ocean It's probably been a while - if ever - since you thought about the microbes living on your hand. And what about the ecosystem living on the pitch-black ocean floor' For Drs.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 17.04.2024
Marine fossil record reveals climate change insights
Marine fossil record reveals climate change insights
As ocean temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, marine plankton may be the newest candidate to act as an oceanic early alert system.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 16.04.2024
How art can help us talk about the green transition
How art can help us talk about the green transition

Earth Sciences - Environment - 03.04.2024
Antarctic expedition collects more than scientific data
Antarctic expedition collects more than scientific data
Arts Research Waterloo professor captures valuable experiential knowledge generated through interdisciplinary collaboration Research activity often includes social and instructional interactions, especially when researchers and students from multiple disciplines collaborate on a project.

Earth Sciences - Career - 19.03.2024
Oil rig worker turned Earth Sciences prof launches scholarships for students in need
Oil rig worker turned Earth Sciences prof launches scholarships for students in need

Environment - Earth Sciences - 11.03.2024
Expert explainer: Is Canada in for another extreme wildfire season?
Expert explainer: Is Canada in for another extreme wildfire season?
In 2023 Canada saw its most devastating wildfire season on record with 18.5 million hectares of forests burned, double the previous worst season in 1989, according to Natural Resources Canada.

Earth Sciences - 22.01.2024
SFU professor and team win women’s class of World’s Toughest Row, cross the Atlantic in 38 days

Environment - Earth Sciences - 09.01.2024
UBC experts on cold and extreme weather
UBC experts on cold and extreme weather

Earth Sciences - Environment - 12.12.2023
SFU Earth Sciences professor assessing carbon storage potential beneath Metro Vancouver
SFU Earth Sciences professor assessing carbon storage potential beneath Metro Vancouver
An SFU professor is looking at the viability of storing large volumes of carbon dioxide in a soda pop-like solution thousands of metres below the streets of Metro Vancouver to help B.C. meet its net-zero emission goals.

Earth Sciences - Economics - 08.12.2023
Results for: Accessibility of public places for people with disabilities lags in Calgary
Motivated by her late father's disability, UCalgary geographer Victoria Fast leads Mapping Our Cities for All project to measure accessibility of Canadian cities Dr. Victoria Fast, PhD, and her

Earth Sciences - Life Sciences - 07.12.2023
All-woman crew of marine scientists rowing 5,000 km non-stop for ocean conservation
All-woman crew of marine scientists rowing 5,000 km non-stop for ocean conservation

Earth Sciences - Life Sciences - 07.12.2023
SFU professor part of all-woman crew rowing across Atlantic for ocean conservation
SFU professor part of all-woman crew rowing across Atlantic for ocean conservation

Environment - Earth Sciences - 05.12.2023
Droids of the deep expand climate tracking in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Droids of the deep expand climate tracking in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has expanded the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with the deployment of new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down through the water column, the space between the sea surface and the seafloor.

Astronomy & Space - Earth Sciences - 05.12.2023
Western-led team designs prototype to analyze minerals in Martian rocks
Western-led team designs prototype to analyze minerals in Martian rocks
Working with industry partner, Earth sciences professor Roberta Flemming successfully tested miniaturized device A Western-led research team has developed the first-ever hand-held diffraction tool for the identification of minerals in their natural setting on planetary surfaces such as Mars.

Earth Sciences - 06.11.2023
Next round of public engagement begins for proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola
Next round of public engagement begins for proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola

Earth Sciences - 30.10.2023
When death feeds creativity
How to live with the dead? A PhD candidate in literature shares her reflections on death, identity, geography and culture.

Earth Sciences - Campus - 17.10.2023
UBC experts on Great BC ShakeOut and disaster preparedness

Earth Sciences - Event - 12.10.2023
Event: Experts share insights from Türkiye earthquake and implications for Canada's disaster preparedness
Event: Experts share insights from Türkiye earthquake and implications for Canada’s disaster preparedness

Earth Sciences - 14.09.2023
Q and A with the Experts: Hurricane Fiona recovery and the next big storm
Increase in storm frequency and magnitude would make it difficult for the dunes to recover As we approach the first anniversary of hurricane Fiona, hurricane Lee is tracking to hit the Atlantic coast.

Astronomy & Space - Earth Sciences - 30.08.2023
Western prof named to geology team for first crewed lunar landing in 50 years
Western prof named to geology team for first crewed lunar landing in 50 years