Geosciences

How we analyse rocks to create geological maps (Byte-Sized Science)

Research scientists Daniele Regis and Duane Petts explain their method for collecting rock samples in the field and analyzing them with advanced equipment. Their results are used to produce detailed maps that outline the geological composition of the areas they study. Along with analyst Matthew Polivchuk, they provide an overview of their process and findings.

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Geosciences

Exploring the minerals in old clay and rock samples using modern techniques (Byte-Sized Science)

Research scientist Jessey Rice was unable to do field work during the global pandemic, so he took this opportunity to utilize the Geological Survey of Canada’s world class collection and reanalyze archived glacial sediments and rock samples using modern techniques. Focusing on samples from the Keewatin sector in Nunavut, the project aims to investigate the smallest minerals that make up these samples for insights into glacial landscape evolution and mineral dispersal.

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Geosciences

Voices of Science: Four women on the future of science

Simply Science celebrates the scientific achievements, research and leadership of women working in sustainable natural resource development.

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Geosciences

Bringing southern Ontario’s geology to virtual life

Innovative 3D models and virtual reality (VR) tools are helping define how future geoscientists and geological engineers will visualize — and interact with — the geology and groundwater resources of one of the country’s most populous regions.

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Geosciences

Evolution of a landscape: Mapping the surface we live on (Byte-Sized Science)

Geologists from Natural Resources Canada head to northern Labrador to map the surficial geology impacted by the last ice age. Join Roger Paulen, Pierre-Marc Godbout and Jessey Rice as they use their detective skills to map the former paths of these once great ice sheets.

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Geosciences

The science of seeing into the future: Canada’s groundwater

With scientists predicting major water shortages in less than 10 years, we need to make smart choices today about how to use and protect our water resources.

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Climate change Geosciences

Where do you find old iconic rock stars? In Canada, of course!

Did you know that Canada is home to the oldest rock ever discovered? It’s the 4.03-billion-year-old Acasta gneiss. For most of us, four billion years is an unimaginable length of time. So how do we know this rock is in fact almost as old as Earth itself? Simply Science visits a highly specialized Geological Survey of Canada lab in Ottawa to meet a team of time-travelling rock star experts who figure this all out.

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Geosciences

What’s in the Earth’s mantle? (Let’s Science! with Vicki and Sarah)

Research scientist Vicki Tschirhart and “professional rock crusher” Sarah Mount explain how scientists are determining the composition of the Earth’s mantle. Remember kids, science if FUNdamental!

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Geosciences

Using seismic surveys to study groundwater (Byte-Sized Science)

Kevin Brewer is a geophysical technologist responsible for building, designing and maintaining various pieces of equipment used in survey work. One of his designs, the microvibe, generates a frequency sweep that travels down into the ground and reflects back up. This microvibe allows the creation of detailed images of the ground very similar to an ultrasound.

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Geosciences

Arctic science in the 1980s – working on an ice island

During the 1980s, Canadian scientists conducted research on an island made of ice in the Arctic Ocean. We reached out to two scientists, Peta Mudie and David Mosher, to discuss their experience working on this ice island more than 30 years ago.

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Arctic Climate change Geosciences

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How we analyse rocks to create geological maps (Byte-Sized Science)

Exploring the minerals in old clay and rock samples using modern techniques (Byte-Sized Science)

Voices of Science: Four women on the future of science

Bringing southern Ontario’s geology to virtual life

Evolution of a landscape: Mapping the surface we live on (Byte-Sized Science)

The science of seeing into the future: Canada’s groundwater

Where do you find old iconic rock stars? In Canada, of course!

What’s in the Earth’s mantle? (Let’s Science! with Vicki and Sarah)

Using seismic surveys to study groundwater (Byte-Sized Science)

Arctic science in the 1980s – working on an ice island

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