Confessions of a Geoscience Educator – How Did I Get Here?
It is common to hear stories of highly gifted individuals pursuing a career path and ultimately landing their dream job after years of climbing the
Twenty Million Years of Exposed Rock
This article has been republished with permission from the Niagara Peninsula Aspiring Geopark website. Read the original article here. The Balls Falls Conservation Area, located
How the Earth’s last supercontinent broke apart to form the world we have today
Author: Alexander Lewis Peace, Assistant Professor (Structural Geology), McMaster UniversityThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Pangaea was the Earth’s
What happens to lands after mines finish production in Ontario?
Have you ever wondered about mining? How and why we mine and what happens to a mine when the valuable minerals that it contains are
Where are the dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were some of the biggest animals to ever roam our planet. This massively large group of reptiles were around from the late Triassic Period
Geo Q&A: What are ice volcanoes?
If you’ve ever walked on the shoreline of one of the Great Lakes in the winter, you might have seen some inconspicuous mounds of ice
Xueya Lu: mineral carbonation using mine waste
Meet Xueya Lu, one of the inaugural recipients of an APGO Education Foundation Scholarship. Xueya is a Ph.D. student studying carbon capture as a method for mitigating climate change.
Curling Stones: A Pilgrimage of Granitic Proportions
What do geology and curling have in common? Find out in this article about Derek Leung’s fascinating research and travels in Scotland.
Hungry Hollow: Southwestern Ontario’s Important Little Treasure
Learn all about Ontario’s fossils in this article about Hungry Hollow.
Rock, Water and Ice: The Journey of Niagara Falls
Learn about the formation of Niagara Falls in this journey that spans 440 million years.