Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences
UBCO researcher examines how wildfires can transform rivers
By David Trifunov on September 27, 2023
About half of the Bonaparte River’s watershed was affected by fire in 2017
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Posted in Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Learning to live with wildfire
By Viola Cohen on September 13, 2023
UBC Okanagan researchers take an interdisciplinary approach to wildfire management.
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Posted in Campus Feature, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
UBC experts on wildfires and associated issues
By Patty Wellborn on August 30, 2023
Topics range from wildfire preparedness, mapping and recovery
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Posted in Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, History and Sociology, Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Advisory, School of Engineering
UBC Okanagan experts ready to talk about floods, wildfires
By David Trifunov on May 26, 2023
Professors talk about safety, packing for an evacuation and when to be concerned
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Posted in Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Health, Safety and Environment, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, School of Social Work
UBCO prof digs into geological history of rocks atop Everest
By Patty Wellborn on June 20, 2022
Study suggests rocks were deformed as part of Himalaya development
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Posted in Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
In the company of giants
By Viola Cohen on May 2, 2022
Professor Kyle Larson and his team explore the mysteries of the Himalaya and how ancient mountains form.
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Posted in Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Profile
Catching fire: BC wildfires are bigger, hotter and more consequential than ever
By Viola Cohen on April 4, 2022
Suppression tactics need to shift to prevention and mitigation for forests that are “begging to be burned.”
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Posted in Campus Feature, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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