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Tag Archives: environment
Extreme tides and Winter ice
Figure 1. Winter ice on the salt marshes of Minas Basin photographed from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, March 1, 2007. View to the North. What is an estuary? An estuary is a bay with an open connection to the sea. Rivers … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, climate, Climate Change, coastal zone management, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, Ice Age, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, oceanography, Quaternary, Science, Sea Level, sedimentology, tides
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Four Billion Years and Counting: Canada is as old as the Earth and this book tells all
Just published! 400-pages on Canada’s geologic heritage in both official languages for only $39.95! Order your English language copy here and your French copy here. The book’s website has tons of freely downloadable illustrations and other materials for … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Geoheritage
Tagged Canada, earth science, energy, environment, evolution, extinction, geology, Ice Age, natural disaster, natural hazard
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Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 9 – measuring the thickness of polar sea ice through time
The preamble to this reviews series, categorized as “Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper”, is here. — de Vernal, A., R. Gersonde, H. Goosse, M.-S. Seidenkrantz, and E.W. Wolff, 2013, Sea ice in the paleoclimate system: the challenge of reconstructing sea … Continue reading
And then there were two: Global #Geoparks in Canada
UPDATE: 19 NOVEMBER 2015. Great News!! Global Geoparks are now official UNESCO sites. “A what? ” “A Global Geopark” “Okay, I give up” Most of you have no idea what a Global Geopark is. That’s not surprising, because – according to my … Continue reading
Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 6 – Would CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers carry an environmental risk for shallow aquifers?
The preamble to this series is here. All reviews are stored in the category “Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper” (see right hand column). ===== Lemieux, J.-M., 2011, (Review:) The potential impact of underground geological storage of carbon dioxide in deep saline … Continue reading
A Tidal power lagoon in Nova Scotia’s Scott’s Bay?
Nova Scotia is where I live – a 700-odd km long NE-SW peninsula that more or less parallels the edge of the continent. What (almost) separates us from that continent is the Bay of Fundy, the Canadian extent of the Gulf … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, Climate Change, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, Nova Scotia, oceanography, Science, Sea Level, tides
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Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 4 – Ice ages and Klondike gold
The pre-amble to this series of reviews is here Froese, E.G., Zazula, G.D., Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., Sanborn, P.T., Reyes, A.V., Pearce, N.J.G., 2009, The Klondike goldfields and Pleistocene environments of Beringia. GSA Today, v. 19, no. 8, p. 4-10. … Continue reading
Tantalum, your smart phone and the world economy
I listen to BBC World Service a lot. Today I caught the program “More or Less” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd), presented by Tim Harford. “More or Less” is about “the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life”. Today’s … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience
Tagged BBC, Canada, economy, electronics, environment, indigenous, mining, rare earths
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Wrong Question: can fracking be done safely?
August 2021 A lot has changed in 8 years. My position on hydraulic fracturing has changed too. I could delete this post, but I’m not going to do that. A lot has changed: the climate crisis has deepened and the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, sedimentology
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Rachel Carson – as relevant today as she was 50 years ago
There is a new biography of Rachel Carson, the author of “Silent Spring”, which was published 50 years ago this year. The biography is by William Souder and is entitled “On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel … Continue reading
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