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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Layers of meaning: Francine McCarthy on the Anthropocene

"The geology professor is a key mover and shaker in what is possibly the biggest geological announcement of our generation, with Ontario’s tiny Crawford Lake being chosen as the global ground zero Earth's most recent geological time period." Read the rest... More

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The Anthropocene is here — and tiny Crawford Lake has been chosen as the global ground zero

"Hidden beneath the surface of this Ontario lake is an archive of the earth’s history sealed in mud." Read the rest here.... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

LIBRARY/VIRTUAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS; From Unusual Homework Assignments to a Virtual Museum

LIBRARY/VIRTUAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS; From Unusual Homework Assignments to a Virtual Museum By Beth Schachter THE HOOPER VIRTUAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/lobby.html THREE years ago, Tim Patterson, an associate professor of earth science at Carleton University in Ottawa, started giving his undergraduate students a choice:... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

Canada seeks traditional aboriginal knowledge on climate change

Canada seeks traditional aboriginal knowledge on climate change JS By Joanna SmithOttawa Bureau Sat., March 12, 2016timer4 min. read The indigenous peoples of northern Canada and other Arctic regions around the world have long argued they are the first to experience and suffer from the effects of global warming. They also possess a wealth of... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

Out in the field

Out in the field Faced with cutbacks and other significant challenges, university field schools are forging ahead by using their difficulties as their strengths. BY TIM JOHNSON | APR 10 2013 When Kendall Hills went to Trent University’s archeology field school in Belize for the very first time, she had no idea how tough... More

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