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Fresh from the Ice: A Few Bites of Antarctic Field Work
Evgeny Pakhomov, Philippe Tortell, Anais Orsi
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Field Fitness at EOAS
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Soil carbonate pendants: new archive of detailed climate records in the Holocene and Pleistocene
Thure Cerling
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Inverse Modelling of Subglacial Hydraulic Processes
Gabriela Racz
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Studies of Forearc Seismicity and Structure in British Columbia and Washington State
Reid Merrill
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Field Fitness at EOAS
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Science and solutions for a warming world
Kim Cobb
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Explosive volcanism through ice and water: quantifying controls on the dynamics, stability, evolution, and stratospheric injection of water-rich eruption columns
Colin Rowell
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Earth Tones: An Artistic and Scientific Exploration of Planet Earth
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What drives global atmospheric circulation changes over the past decades?
Qinghua Ding
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2023 Geological Engineering Distinguished Lecturer
Tony Hodge
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Colloquium Series
Philippe van Cappellen
4:00 pm
 
 
Field Fitness at EOAS
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Exploring the Role of Model Complexity in Soil-Plant Reactive Transport Simulations
Hannah Gatz-Miller
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Colloquium
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Professional Development
Teaching and Learning
Seminar
Public Talk
Thesis Defense
Weather Briefing

The elusive chemical currencies of the microbial loop

Seminar
Dr. Erin McParland
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 · 1:00 pm

Olivine Diversity in the Leslie Kimberlite, NT: Implications for Transport and Emplacement Processes.

MSc Thesis Defense
Katherine Landoni
Supervised by Kelly Russell
Friday, February 4, 2022 · 1:00 pm
Zoom

Mining in a Sustainable Future: Balancing mining justice with the resource demands of renewables

Climate Crisis Series IV
Colloquium
John Steen, Sara Ghebremusse · Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining; Peter A. Allard School of Law
Thursday, February 3, 2022 · 4:00 pm
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09
Hosted by Shaun Barker, Colin Rowell, Michelle Marcus

Microbial decision-making and the link to ocean biogeochemical cycles

Seminar
Dr. Noelle Held
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 · 11:00 am

Solutions to reducing fossil fuel emissions: The case for geothermal energy development

Climate Crisis Series III
Colloquium
Catherine Hickson, Tuya Terra Geo Corp. CEO Alberta No. 1, Chief Geoscientist for Terrapin Geothermics
Thursday, January 27, 2022 · 4:00 pm
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09
Hosted by Johan Gilchrist

Going from local to global: Deciphering unknowns in oceanic oxygenation

Seminar
Dr. Yi Wang
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 · 1:00 pm

Isotopic imprints of algal carbon dynamics

Seminar
Dr. Elise B. Wilkes
Monday, January 24, 2022 · 1:00 pm

Research Advances in Climate Solutions: Mitigation, Resilience, Adaptation

Climate Crisis Series II
Colloquium
Kevin Kung, Idalia Machuca, Greg Dipple, Julie van de Valk, Ryan Reynolds · Chemical and Biological Engineering (UBC); Principle Power; Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (UBC); Geological Survey of Canada; Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (UBC)
Thursday, January 20, 2022 · 4:00 pm
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09
Hosted by Katrin Steinthorsdottir, Birgit Rogalla

Making Research Relevant in the Era of the Climate Crisis

Climate Crisis Series 1
Colloquium
William Cheung; Rachel White; Sam Anderson · Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (UBC); Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (UBC); Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (UBC)
Thursday, January 13, 2022 · 4:00 pm
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09
Hosted by Stephanie Waterman, Anais Orsi, Rachel White

Comparison of lability of soil-derived dissolved organic matter from hillslopes of contrasting forestry history in a Pacific coastal forested watershed

MSc Thesis Defense
Mengzi Wang
Supervised by Mark Johnson
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 · 11:30 am
Zoom & AERL 107

Modelling Variability in Mobility for Rapid Landslide Runout

PhD Thesis Defense
Andrew Mitchell
Supervised by Scott McDougall
Friday, December 10, 2021 · 9:30 am
ESB 5104

Evolution of the Sources of TTG and Associated Rocks During the Archean from In-Situ 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Analysis of Apatite by LA-MC-ICPMS

MSc Thesis Defense
Summer Caton
Supervised by Dr. Matthijs Smit
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 · 9:30 am
Zoom

The Future is Venus: NASA’s plans for the next decade

Colloquium
Lori Glaze · Director of the NASA Planetary Science Division
Friday, December 3, 2021 · 12:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Catherine Johnson

Random forest constraints on fine ash concentration and charging processes from experimentally generated volcanic discharges

MSc Thesis Defense
Lindsey Rayborn
Supervised by Mark Jellinek
Friday, December 3, 2021 · 9:00 am
ESB 5104-06

Finding an Alien Biosphere with Computational Chemistry

Colloquium
Clara Sousa-Silva · Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Thursday, December 2, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Mark Jellinek

Controls on Distribution, Intensity and Extent of Palagonitization

MSc Thesis Defense
Sophie Leiter
Supervised by Dr. Kelly Russell
Monday, November 29, 2021 · 11:45 am
ESB 5108

The Physical and Petrochemical Evolution of Cracked Mountain: A Glaciovolcanic Landform of Southwest British Columbia

MSc Thesis Defense
Martin Harris
Supervised by Kelly Russell
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 · 12:00 pm
ESB 5104

The EnVISION Mission to Venus: Discovering why Earth is so different to Venus

Public Talk
Richard Ghail · Royal Holloway
Friday, November 19, 2021 · 7:00 pm
MacMillan Space Centre
Hosted by Catherine Johnson

How London's super sewer led to the EnVISION mission to Venus

Colloquium
Richard Ghail · Royal Holloway
Thursday, November 18, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Mark Jellinek and Catherine Johnson

Tectonic and climatic histories from uplifting rivers and migrating drainage divides

Seminar
Dr. Liran Goren · BGU
Friday, November 5, 2021 · 11:00 am
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Mitch D’Arcy

Earth’s extremes in the past, present, and future: Future Extremes

Colloquium
Prof. Natalia Nolde (UBC Statistics), Prof. Carlos Molina Hutt (UBC Civil Engineering), and Dr. Matthias Jakob (EOAS)
Thursday, November 4, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Rachel White

Earth’s extremes in the past, present, and future: The June/July 2021 heatwave in BC

Colloquium
Greg West (BC Hydro), Kate Weinberger (UBC Public Health), Chris Rodell (EOAS), Christina Draeger (EOAS), Rachel White (EOAS)
Thursday, October 28, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Rachel White

How are large datasets transforming earth and planetary science 3. Lightning talks by EOAS faculty--Data Analysis: Are we getting the right answer for the right reason? How to improve the physical interpretability of modern data science

Colloquium
EOAS Faculty
Thursday, October 7, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Ali Ameli and Lindsey Heagy

How are large datasets transforming earth and planetary science 2. Lightning talks by EOAS faculty--How do autonomous platforms change our sampling strategies?

Colloquium
EOAS Faculty
Thursday, September 23, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Anaïs Orsi

How are large datasets transforming earth and planetary science 1. Lightning talks by EOAS faculty on how they use satellite data

Colloquium
EOAS Faculty
Thursday, September 16, 2021 · 4:00 pm
ESB 5104-06
Hosted by Mark Jellinek and Anaïs Orsi

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