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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

Sarah Stewart's honours work featured by Science Atlantic

Environmental Science honours student Sarah Stewart participated in the Science Atlantic Student Story initiative. She tells us about her love for the ocean and her fish research.

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Charting long-term change in Whistler lakes

For several years now, Ian Spooner has been doing paleolimnology work on some of Whistler's lakes—taking core samples of lake sediment to understand both external and internal influences on the lakes.

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Alice Cohen featured in "Research Spotlight"

The April Acadia University Research Spotlight featured Dr. Alice Cohen. Here we archive her conversation with Omar Bhimji, Research & Innovation Coordinator.

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