Events - April 2017

Friday, April 21, 2017 1:00 PM EDT

Evaluating Landscape Changes and Associated Influences on Lakes and Rivers in Old Crow Flats, Yukon

The Cold Regions Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University will host Kevin Turner, from Brock University, as he gives a lecture on, "Evaluating Landscape Changes and Associated Influences on Lakes and Rivers in Old Crow Flats, Yukon."

Thursday, April 20, 2017 2:00 PM EDT

2017 Adrian Smith lecture - Alfonso Mucci

Hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the 2017 Adrian Smith Lecture will feature professor Alfonso Mucci from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University. He will be presenting, "Development of hypoxic and acidified bottom waters in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary and its impact on sediment biogeochemistry."

Date: April 20, 2:00 p.m.
Location: EIT 1015

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 — 12:30 PM to Thursday, April 20, 2017 — 3:00 PM EDT

The 12th Hydrocarbon Summit: Transport, Fate and Remediation of Hydrocarbons in the Subsurface

The 12th Hydrocarbon Summit: Transport, Fate and Remediation of Hydrocarbons in the Subsurface, will take place Wednesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 20, 2017, at the University of Waterloo.

Session topics include:

Sustainable water and residual hydrocarbons
Addressing challenges with the detection of PFAS degradation products
Dual oxidant system for in situ treatment of organic contaminants
Carbon based injectates for the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT

Water: Abundance, scarcity, and security in the age of humanity

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Jeremy Schmidt, lecturer of Human Geography at Durham University, United Kingdom, presents "Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity."

Saturday, April 8, 2017 — 10:00 AM to Wednesday, June 21, 2017 — 6:00 PM EDT