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*Please note that due to Acadia's 4 day work week program the Earth and Environmental Science Main Office will be closed on Fridays from June 13th, 2025 until August 15th, 2025. Emails will be answered in order when it reopens on Monday morning.*

Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia offers programs leading to B.Sc. degrees in Environmental Science, Geology and Environmental Geoscience, and M.Sc. degrees in Geology, Environmental Science and Applied Geomatics.


Departmental News

Still Field School Season

The two second-year field schools in EES start out with three days of joint classes for ENVS 2523 and GEOL 2083 that covers some basic geology, mapping, orienteering, and GPS skills. The groups then go their separate ways for the second part of the course.

Read about the GEOL 2083 Field School here!

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Field School Season

April showers may bring May flowers, but they also bring ENVS and GEOL field schools! Read on for ENVS 2523...

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Shelburne - Yarmouth Field Trip

The annual field trip around southern Nova Scotia took place on April 17 and 18, with students from igneous, metamorphic, and tectonics classes getting a chance to see some famous rocks in person.

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