News Stories

Friday, May 13, 2022

Thesis Day presentations April 2022

This year on April 1st, 2022 the Department of Earth Sciences was once again able to host in-person Thesis presentations for the first time in 2 years. Many of our 4th year presenters are heading to graduation this June 2022. Here are some highlights from the day,

Friday, May 13, 2022

Emeritus Professor, Dr. George Chao, passed away May 2, 2022

It is with great sadness that the Department of Earth Science announces the passing of Dr. George Chao on May 4, 2022. He was 91 years old.

Friday, May 6, 2022

Hillary Maddin interviewed on CBC Quirks & Quarks

Dr. Hillary Maddin from the Department of Earth Sciences at Carleton University was interviewed on April 14, 2022 for CBC's Quirks & Quarks segment. Her segment was entitled: Legless fossils, smells of the past, research with Russia and more.....

Friday, April 8, 2022

Dr. Hillary Maddin, Arjan Mann publish new paper: Snake-like limb loss in a Carboniferous amniote

Dr. Hillary Maddin, Arjan Mann and Jason D. Pardo have published a new paper in nature ecology & evolution

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

NSERC Alliance Grant in partnership with New Brunswick Museum awarded to Faculty

Hillary Maddin, Tetsuto Miyashita and Danielle Fraser have been awarded the NSERC Alliance Grant in partnership with the New Brunswick Museum

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Adjunct Research Professor, Dr. Michael J. Ryan, describes A New Late Cretaceous Soft-Shelled Turtle

The new Late Cretaceous plastomenid soft-shelled turtle, Jimemys glaebosus, has been described in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences as part of collaboration between Dr. Michael Ryan, Adjunct Research Professor in the Earth Sciences Department at Carleton University and colleagues at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.