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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

Dr. Sandra Barr the 2022 recipient of the Bancroft Award by the Royal Society of Canada.

This biennial award is given for publication, instruction, and research in the Earth sciences that have conspicuously contributed to public understanding and appreciation of the subject.

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Senior Field School 2022

The first geology course of the new academic year, Senior Field School GEOL 4083 took place on Cape Breton Island last week. Students stayed at the beautiful Gaelic College at St. Anns and conducted a week of mapping exercises in the Goose Cove area.

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Dr. O'Driscoll Wins Prestigious Visionary Award

Dr. Nelson O'Driscoll was recently awarded the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment 2022 Visionary Award for his work assessing climate change in Atlantic Canada.

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