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.
Two geoscience students had photographic images of minerals published in the Acadia Arts magazine “Estuary”. MSc student Amanda Smith’s colourful photomicrograph of talc as viewed through a petrographic microscope with crossed polars graced the cover of the issue. BSc honours student Monet Streit’s photomicrograph of a clastic sedimentary rock entitled “What makes the sidewalks sparkle” appears on page10.
The Fletcher Geology Club hosted the 72nd annual Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) at Acadia University on October 27-29, with over 100 participants from all across the Atlantic region.
