Featured News
Something Dark is growing on Greenland's ice
February 12, 2026
Algae blooms are darkening Greenland’s ice and accelerating melt. Dr. Jenine McCutcheon, Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, studies how phosphorus-fed blooms create “dark zones” that are responsible for 13% of the melt runoff in southwest Greenland. Read more in The New York Times.
Strategic tree planting brings meaningful carbon reductions
January 29, 2026
A new study finds that Canada could remove at least five times its annual carbon emissions with strategic planting of more than six million hectares of trees along the northern edge of the boreal forest.
Mineral dust accelerating melting of Greenland ice sheet
January 28, 2026
Large-scale melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is irreversible and happening at a rapid rate, and now a new international study is the first to understand why.
Celebrating thirty years of the Farvolden lecture series
December 23, 2025
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Farvolden lecture series. Hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, this annual lecture honours Dr. Robert Farvolden, who established the department’s world-renowned groundwater research program in the 1970s.
Featured Events
Pursuits in Applied and Theoretical Science (PATh) Symposium 2026
April 7, 2026
Join Us for the 2nd Annual PATh Science Symposium!
All students and faculty members in the Faculty of Science or the Dept. of Applied Math are invited to the Path Science Symposium.
Soapbox Science Kitchener-Waterloo 2026 Speaker Callout
June 7, 2026
Public event in Victoria Park- inviting applications for speakers.