The shape of a snowflake is determined primarily by the temperature and humidity at which it is formed. Rarely, at a temperature of around −2 °C, snowflakes can form in threefold symmetry —triangular snowflakes.

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Image credits: Kenneth Libbrecht, Caltech & NPR

At IGC2028, attendees will discuss the fascinating geology across the Americas. This week, we focus on legendary landscapes of the South America.

DID YOU KNOW that spectacular flat-top mountains or mesas are located in northern of the South America?

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Photo Credit: ©Wikimedia Commons

IGC2028 is grateful for the firm support of the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, an umbrella organization that represents a federation of Earth Science societies and associations across Canada including more than 10,000 Canadian geoscientists.

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📢 Deep water seds: Haven’t you signed up for this's year's Deep Water Virtual Forum about Contourite Systems? It will be TODAY on November 6th, 4-7 pm GMT /10 am-1 pm CST. register.gotowebinar.com/register/454...

Looking forward for this great event today!

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Thanks to The Honourable David C. Dingwall LL.B., P.C., President & Vice-Chancellor, for stopping by at our table and becoming enthusiastic about local geological sites.

#TBT to the Open House at Cape Breton University this Fall 2025. Within the exhibition of CBU School of Science & Technology, prospective students and parents learned about our course offerings and Minors in Geology. Thanks to Graydon MacIsaac for showing his virtual outcrop models.

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Alice Wilson was Canada's first female geologist, the first woman geologist hired by the Geological Survey of Canada. 🧵1/2

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Photo credit: The Canadian Encyclopedia

YouTube video by UNESCO Gros Morne National Park (UNESCO/NHK)

Gros Morne National Park holds an almost complete record of Earth’s history.

Watch the full documentary at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O10...

Video Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai

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Today, on International Day of Science, Technology & Innovation for the Global South, we honour and celebrate the ingenuity rising across the Global South. 🧵1/3

Photo credits: ©UNESCO

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This week we are continuing with the remaining Canada’s UNESCO World Heritage sites. Ever wanted to walk on Earth’s mantle? Don’t look any further.

DID YOU KNOW that at Gros Morne’s Tablelands you can. 🧵1/2

Photo credits: ©Dru Kennedy
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To celebrate yesterday’s #beach day, here two different beach locations in #CapeBreton Island. 🏝️ 🏖️

Are you attending IMAGE '25 this week in Houston, USA? Don't missed out the social event organized by SEPM's Deepwater Research Group tomorrow on Tuesday August 26th at 7 pm in Room 371 A/D.

Feel welcome to stop by, say hello, and find out the details about our Fall panel event.

Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They're Not Meant for Humans Journalists have uncovered a handful of preprint academic studies with hidden prompts instructing A.I. reviewers to give positive responses

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Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They're Not Meant for Humans - www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s... @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

Into the heart of the Yukon: serene beauty of Primrose Lake and dramatic peaks of Kluane National Park and Reserve — both part of Canada’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 🧵1/2

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Credit Photo: Rachel Bertsch

Bytownite is one of the less frequently identified calcic plagioclase feldspars, typically containing 70-90% anorthite, and commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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Photo credit: ©Ottawa Tourism

#TBT As a Senior Lab Technologist/Instructor in the GeoLabs at @cbuniversity & @CBU_SST, I'm honoured to be featured in the new digital resource that is now available for Canadian youth to consider a career in the Earth Sciences:
careers.earthsciencescanada.com

Check it out!

If you’re attending GAC-MAC2025 at OttawaU, check out two great presentations that I contributed and are held today.
* TALK at 09:20 am (room DMS_4170): Katherine Boggs et al. on IGC 2028 Plans
* Poster 84: Fiona D’Arcy et al. on EDIA efforts/outcomes & Earth Science in Canada

Thanks to Chantelle Cormier and the recruitment/outreach committee of School of Science Technology at Cape Breton University for scheduling and organizing these visits. 2/2

At the end of last week, Dr. Herbert Fournier & I welcomed several groups of high school students in grades 10 to 12 who visited our Cape Breton University’s campus.

We had a fun outreach activity about “Exploring the Geology in your cellphones”. 1/2

Happy Earth Day!!!!!

Bonne Journée de la Terre!!!!!

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Video Credit: SMULapidaryLab

DID YOU KNOW geology and art share a unique relationship? For over centuries, every texture of rocks, colour of minerals and every formation of the earth's landscape have inspired many well-known artists around the world.

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We discussed specific examples related to how geology can be valuable on public health. Students were engaging and showed great interest in learning more about different applications of Earth Sciences and the role of Geoscientists.
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#TBT to an awesome recruitment/outreach session organized by Cape Breton University and School of Science and Technology on Monday April 7th 2025.

Herbert Fournier & I visited the Centre scolaire Étoile de l'Acadie. Students from Grade 9-12 came to our Geology station to check various samples. 🧵1/2

Anticosti Island, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds one of the world’s most complete and best-preserved fossil records, capturing the first mass extinction of life on Earth (447–437 million years ago). 🧵

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The Ovens are a series of sea caves along the coast of Nova Scotia, that have developed on slate and siltstone from millions of years of wave erosion.

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