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Friday, December 24, 2010

Little Daisy Mine - Jerome

Peter Russell
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo 
A middle-aged couple walking along the Verde River in Cottonwood, Arizona, stopped to talk to me as I was sketching. They explained that the tall phragmites grass along the river was used by the native peoples as roofing in their homes and as the stem of arrows.
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Josef Sönser's Story

Delia Garrido & Peter Russell 

On  December 6, 2007 Josef Sönser was interviewed about his experience in Canada and Ireland where he worked in mines and collected beautiful mineral specimens throughout his career. In December 2007, Mr. Sönser donated his collection to the Royal Ontario Museum and the  Earth Sciences Museum at the University of Waterloo.  

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Cave bear skeleton donated to the Earth Sciences Museum

John E Motz

The Cave bear was a giant ice-age relative of modern bears

Curator Peter Russell (left) with donor Frank Brookfield and the cave bear
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) got it’s name because it spent most of its life living in caves, rather than just using them as hibernation dens, as is the case with modern bears. Cave bears ranged across much of Europe (see map on page 26).
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Earth Trek

Gary Lewis www.goearthtrek.com
What is EarthTrek? EarthTrek is a citizen science program that links scientists undertaking real scientific research with the broader community through their active participation in the collection of real scientific data.
Monday, December 24, 2007

Alumni celebration

Faculty of Science Alumni
The Faculty of Science seized the ‘spirit of why not’ by acknowledging the remarkable achievements of its own alumni from the past 50 years. The Distinguished Alumni award will be an annual honour bestowed upon a science alumnus who has made significant career contributions to his/her field. Also chosen to honour are 50 outstanding alumni who have themselves proven their merit to their peers and community.
Monday, December 24, 2007

Things that go bump in the night

As Earth scientists we are aware that objects (sometimes really big objects) have impacted Earth in the past.
Monday, December 24, 2007

Kenton's Rock

Fran Haidl and Peter Russell
Figure 1: Kenton’s Rock in the Peter Russell Rock Garden

Figure 1: Kenton’s Rock in the Peter Russell Rock Garden