On a continent that contains more than its fair share of the white stuff—snow and ice—Antarctica is the last place on Earth you’d expect to find researchers studying the darkest matter in the universe. But that’s exactly where Matt Dobbs, Canada Research Chair in Astro-particle Physics, and his team hole themselves up, often for months [...]
Winter 2011
Despite being mapped and charted for more than a century now, the Arctic remains an ambiguous and often enigmatic place where scientific research is driven by climate change, globalization and technological advances in the development of mineral and oil deposits. This year marks a special time for the Faculty of Science in our history of [...]
Winter 2011
For the past three years, Bruno Tremblay, Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been travelling to the Arctic Ocean to track ice thickness, as well as temperature, compression and movement with some very smart research buoys. Using the data generated by his buoys, Tremblay calibrates models to predict future ice conditions within the [...]
Winter 2010
Think science is all about lab coats, test tubes, and Bunsen burners? Meet our Faculty researchers whose work takes them not only off campus, but out in the world. From Geography professor James Ford, who studies the impact of global climate change on Northern communities in the Arctic, to Physics professor Matt Dobbs, who is studying the origins of the Universe at the South Pole, our scientists are sure to amaze you.
