About us
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences provides excellent undergraduate programs, as well as advanced instruction at the graduate level.
Find out more about our degree programs.
Faculty and Research
Faculty and students within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are involved in timely, important research encompassing a broad range of academic disciplines.
Find out more about what our researchers are investigating by exploring our Research page or by visiting researchers individual sites.
ENVS Honours Information Session: Monday, March 2, 4pm, Kenneth Rowe Building, Room 1020
All students who wish to pursue an Honours degree in ENVS are now required to attend an honour's information session. The session is recommended for students who intend to register for Honours degrees in 2020. Second year students considering an Honours or who just want to know more about the process of doing an Honours degree are also encouraged to attend.
Winter Undergraduate Student Awards in Earth Sciences:
David Barlow Memorial Award (Application deadline: March 10)
GAC-PDAC Logan Student Prize (Nomination deadline: February 8)
Congratulations to our students who went to the Atlantic Geoscience Symposium!
Our students delivered an outstanding performance at the Atlantic Geoscience Symposium held this weekend, with excellent presentations delivered all around.
Dal swept the student presentation awards as follows:
Phil Sedore (Best Presentation by a graduate student), Brian Maciag (honourable mention) and Olivia Rolfe (best Ugrad presentation), Alexandra Bonham (honourable mention), and Caitlin McCavour (best poster award) at the AGS.
Congratulations to our graduate student Lobke Rotteveel on her first-author publication in Environmental Science and Technology (2018 IF 7.15) based on work done in the Sterling Hydrology Lab.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b04872
Congratulations to all the EES students who convocated this fall.
Joining forces
Introducing the Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Can liming N.S. forests help fight climate change?
NS: Mainstreet Halifax's Jeff Douglas spoke with EES' Shannon Sterling, who is researching whether liming forests can help them absorb more carbon dioxide.
EES' Shannon Sterling on CBC's Quirks & Quarks
Listen to Shannon answer Quirks and Quarks' question of the week: "As water covers most of the Earth, why isn't it completely shrouded in clouds?"
Halifax scientists endorse climate emergency letter
Meet EES' John Gosse, a geologist with a passion for landscape evolution and teaching the science of natural disasters.
The Sciographies Podcast – Episode 11: John Gosse, Geologist
Moon metals: New research considers what lies below the moon's surface
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Departmental Notices
ENVS Honours Information Session: Monday, March 2, 4pm, Kenneth Rowe Building, Room 1020
All students who wish to pursue an Honours degree in ENVS are now required to attend an honour's information session. The session is recommended for students who intend to register for Honours degrees in 2020. Second year students considering an Honours or who just want to know more about the process of doing an Honours degree are also encouraged to attend.
Winter Undergraduate Student Awards in Earth Sciences:
David Barlow Memorial Award (Application deadline: March 10)
GAC-PDAC Logan Student Prize (Nomination deadline: February 8)
Kudos!
Congratulations to our students who went to the Atlantic Geoscience Symposium!
Our students delivered an outstanding performance at the Atlantic Geoscience Symposium held this weekend, with excellent presentations delivered all around.
Dal swept the student presentation awards as follows:
Phil Sedore (Best Presentation by a graduate student), Brian Maciag (honourable mention) and Olivia Rolfe (best Ugrad presentation), Alexandra Bonham (honourable mention), and Caitlin McCavour (best poster award) at the AGS.
Congratulations to our graduate student Lobke Rotteveel on her first-author publication in Environmental Science and Technology (2018 IF 7.15) based on work done in the Sterling Hydrology Lab.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b04872
Congratulations to all the EES students who convocated this fall.
EES in the News
Joining forces
Introducing the Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Can liming N.S. forests help fight climate change?
NS: Mainstreet Halifax's Jeff Douglas spoke with EES' Shannon Sterling, who is researching whether liming forests can help them absorb more carbon dioxide.
EES' Shannon Sterling on CBC's Quirks & Quarks
Listen to Shannon answer Quirks and Quarks' question of the week: "As water covers most of the Earth, why isn't it completely shrouded in clouds?"
Halifax scientists endorse climate emergency letter
Meet EES' John Gosse, a geologist with a passion for landscape evolution and teaching the science of natural disasters.
The Sciographies Podcast – Episode 11: John Gosse, Geologist
Moon metals: New research considers what lies below the moon's surface
Conferences
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