Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Exploring Campus: Paleontology and Mineralogy and Petrology Museums

Behind the modern looking glass exterior of the University of Alberta’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences building, down in the basement, lies two university treasures: The Paleontology museum and the Mineralogy and Petrology museum.

Induction of Dr. John A. Allan into the University of Alberta Curator Hall of Fame

Speech by Dr. Martin Sharp at the University of Alberta Museums Celebration, for the induction of Dr. John A. Allan into the University of Alberta Curator Hall of Fame, March 20, 2012

Science Sunday

Breakfast Television broadcasts from the University of Alberta where Science Sunday will be held. Includes interview with U of A researcher Murray Gingras.

Growth Spurt at a Bolivian Volcano Is Fertile Ground for Study

Martyn Unsworth, a geophysicist at the University of Alberta, is using radio waves to search for magma beneath a Bolivian volcano that has been inflating for more than 20 years. More details in the New York Times, February 14, 2012.

Finding Bitumen

A University of Alberta geologist is hoping a one-of-a-kind imaging system will satisfy two needs of oilsands producers: to find more energy and to return mining sites to a natural state.