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The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has received a license renewal from geoLOGIC Systems Inc., of Calgary, Alberta, for the well-known and widely used geoSCOUT™ software for research and student training.  This GIS-type software allows remote digital access and geographical analysis of the vast data banks of oil and gas well production in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. 

To quote from the geoLOGIC Systems Inc. website:

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Urban geology

Paul Karrow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

Rob MacDonald, Ontario Archaeological Society
Paul Karrow is a frequent writer for What on Earth, we congratulate him on his award, presented by Rob MacDonald. It is awarded occasionally, “to an outstanding Ontario non-professional archaeologist whose work has been consistently of the highest standard, who has made an exceptional contribution to the development of Ontario archaeology and who has earned acclaim for excellence and achievement.
Friday, March 1, 2013

Post thesis voyage

Kristen Mitchell, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

A few weeks before finishing my PhD thesis I received an email asking me: “Do you long to sail on the open ocean one more time?  Do you have fond memories of bow watch, gimbaled tables, and picking plastic out of neuston net samples?  Are you looking for something adventurous to do this fall?” My answer was: “Yes! Get me out from behind this computer!” I decided to fill out the volunteer form and see what would happen.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Earth's oxygen revolution

Brian Kendall, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

I wrote my final exam yesterday and a day later I’m still experiencing the euphoria that the exams for term one are over. It is now December 23, 2011 and not only did I make it through my first four months at the University of Waterloo, I made it through successfully. Make no mistake about it; this success did not come easily. It took a great deal of hard work that included studying late into many nights - despite the fact that I felt I was more prepared than most on what to expect during the first term.