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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
- New Facility: Micropaleontology Laboratory
 The Micropaleontology Laboratory in ESB 1-11A houses state of the art petrographic and stereo- microscopic equipment. The digital cameras and software associated with the new Zeiss microscopes facilitates high resolution imaging of specimens at low and high magnifications. A Mettler Toledo MX5 analytical balance is also housed in the lab. » read more
- Glacier trackers spend season on the edge
 "It put us on an island that we couldn't get off, completely and utterly impossible to cross," says the PhD student, who lived on the Arctic ice cap for five weeks last summer.
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- Human Geography website
- Human geography is a branch of social science that focuses on the relationships between human societies and the built and natural environments in which they operate. » read more
- Arctic research station a 'toxic ghost town'
- The federal government has left a research station rotting at the western entrance of the fabled Northwest Passage, say scientists who describe it as a national, and possiblytoxic, disgrace. » read more (pdf)
- Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa @ ScienceWatch
Late last year, the work of Dr. G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa entered the top 1% in the field of Environment & Ecology in Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters.
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Welcome to the web pages for the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta.
The Department is unique on the Canadian scene in that it offers an interdisciplinary approach to atmospheric science, geography, and geology. The Department is internationally recognized for its excellence in research in geology, geomorphology, and various aspects of atmospheric science. Emerging areas of excellence include Geographic Information Systems, computer applications in the Earth sciences, and environmental studies. Many of our faculty are internationally recognized scholars who are at the forefront of their science.
We hope you will find the information contained in these web pages useful if you are planning undergraduate or graduate studies in the Earth sciences, or if you just want to know more about us.
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Office: (780) 492-3265, Fax: (780) 492-2030
