Featured News
Environmental solutions we can't see
September 28, 2026
Microbes are everywhere — in soil, water, waste sites and ecosystems, and Waterloo researchers across the Faculty of Science are working to uncover how these tiny organisms can be harnessed as tools to address complex environmental challenges and drive lasting global impact.
Developing new tools to measure soil oxygen levels
September 16, 2026
Fourth-year Environmental Sciences student Miles Yoshida gained hands-on research experience by developing and calibrating a fibre-optic oxygen sensor system to measure soil oxygen levels.
Master's student monitors pollution at abandoned oil and gas wells
June 22, 2026
Cooper Pickering’s research as a Master of Science in Earth Sciences student at the University of Waterloo is focused on establishing a process-based understanding of methane, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide leakage from legacy wells.
Tracking methane across borders
June 15, 2026
Environmental Sciences alumnus Gabriella Ardila fully embraced opportunities to explore and take her learning globally, including travelling to the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Argentina while completing her undergraduate degree.
Featured Events
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar
Geophysics: Combining Technology and Fundamental Science to Improve our World
Guest Lecturer Alison Malcolm, Memorial University
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2026
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: DC 1302
Abstract: Many key problems in the world are fundamentally geoscience problems. We will play a vital role in locating critical minerals, sequestering CO2 underground, finding energy resources, selecting sites for wind farms, and continuing to develop systems that warn populations of natural disasters. These contributions require an understanding of topics from geoscience to computer science and all are affected by and contribute to how technology changes. Drawing on contributions from my team and others, I will highlight a series of examples in which we use and develop technology tailored to specific geoscience problems. We will discuss ‘right-sizing’ computations for CO2 sequestration, adapting machine-learning techniques to improve our understanding of geological structures like faults and mineral deposits, and even how we can use Minecraft to teach geoscience to others. My goal is for geoscience students to see some new ap plications and the technologies underlying them, for other science and engineering students to see exciting applications of their studies, and for experienced geophysicists to see some new applications and share toolkits to promote the breadth and excitement of geophysics