The State of the Strait conference, on the UWindsor campus today, will discuss ecological endpoints and restoration targets for the Detroit River.
Geoscience students Marija Lelas and Leima Moro cross a beaver dam during their third-year course in field mapping.
David Symons, a pioneer in the field of paleomagnetic dating, will discuss the sources the world’s great deposits of zinc, lead and copper ore.
Developing more green roofs, erecting more shade structures, and increasing sewer infrastructure were among the variety of ideas a group of students presented yesterday to help Windsor adapt to climate change.
Many poor areas of the world have a critical need of clean water. At a free public lecture at Science City on Wednesday evening, December 19, geology professor Frank Simpson will discuss his decades-long dedication and research into meeting such need.
 Frank Simpson. |
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David Phillips (BA 1967) is more than just a weatherman.
Senior climatologist for Environment Canada and spokesperson for its meteorological service, the best-selling author is the creator of the country’s most-popular calendar and has received two Public Service Merit Awards, honorary doctorates from the University of Waterloo and Nipissing University and the Order of Canada.
Phil Graniero is looking for a few mo’ men to join him in his fight against prostate cancer.
A professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Graniero has participated for the last couple of years in Movember. An international effort which calls on men around the planet to grow a moustache throughout the month of November, Movember raise funds for research into a cure for prostate cancer, as well as awareness for men’s mental health issues.
Have you ever sat on a beach and asked where the sand came from and where might it be going? Maria Cioppa has, and the associate professor of earth and environmental sciences will discuss her use of magnetic techniques to understand beach erosion and sediment transport in a free public lecture Wednesday entitled “Where did that beach go?”
Working with colleagues and students at Point Pelee National Park, Dr. Cioppa has carried out a series of experiments and measurements designed to investigate potential sediment sources, rates of sand movement, and areas at high risk of erosion.
The Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioica) derives its common name from reports that early European settlers used its seedpods as a coffee substitute. The species survives in Canada only in southwestern Ontario, where it is considered threatened.
That population grew by one Wednesday, as the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Jull EES Club helped to plant a specimen in front of Memorial Hall in celebration of National Tree Day.
