UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Vibrant community of human & physical geographers + environmental scientists (GEES) at the University of Northern British Columbia. Posts by GEES Professor Catherine Nolin https://www.unbc.ca/department-geography-earth-and-environmental-sciences
THE CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS, Episode 6 - UNBC’s Dr. Sinead Earley talks with host Dr. Joseph Shea about how communities are rethinking energy in the north Watch, Listen & Share! 📺 UNBC GEES in YouTube @unbcgeography5938 🛜 Episode: youtu.be/sh3avxrnp8I?... 🎧 Apple Podcasts 📻 UNBC’s CFUR 88.5 Radio
#UNBCGEESInTheNews - Dr. Joseph Shea was interviewed this week by CBC News after the devastating glacier collapse and subsequent flash flood in Nepal where Dr. Shea lived & worked before starting at UNBC Could a massive glacier failure happen in B.C.? August 28 www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Could a massive glacier failure happen in B.C.?
B.C.’s rain-soaked mountains make winter landslides common, but could a massive glacier collapse cause widespread destruction? University of Northern B.C. geography professor Dr. Joseph Shea breaks do...
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It's an iconic image of B.C.’s natural beauty: the toe of the Berg Glacier dipping into the turquoise surface of its glacial lake. But, as PICS-funded researcher Dr. Joseph Shea of @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social discovered, the glacier no longer touches the lake’s water. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Visual symbol of climate change': Mount Robson's Berg Glacier no longer reaches lake | CBC News
One of the most picturesque sights in British Columbia is changing — as Mount Robson's Berg Glacier has retreated so far back that it no longer touches the water of Berg Lake.
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I spoke with CBC Daybreak North yesterday about Berg Glacier melting back from Berg Lake, and Brian Cooles sent me a photo taken in 1955 by Elfrida Pigou! My 2026 photo for comparison. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Congrats to GEES Prof Dr. Phil Owens, a recipient of a 2026 University Excellence in Professional Practice, Mentorship or Stewardship Award! Colleagues nominated Owens in recognition of his dedication to mentorship and his significant contributions to professional organizations in his field. 1/
The iconic Berg Glacier, source of the icebergs in Berg Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, no longer terminates in the water. So there will be no more bergs. Different angle, but here is a 1911 photo for comparison. #climatechange #glaciers #mountains
Dr. Brian Menounos, #glacier change expert and Black Sabbath fan, is our guest on this week's episode of The Climate Conversations! Recent 🧊 pics for your consideration #climatechange 📺: youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🎧: open.spotify.com/show/6nVG7Vy... 🍏: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Fieldwork portraits: Madison Seely, Ismael Rival, and yours truly after two days of voracious mosquitoes and blackflies during a weather station installation in the Premier Range near Valemount, BC.
A few photos of recent geospatial and hydrology fieldwork. Measuring flows and blowing truck tires. @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social
Getting ready for two weeks of geophysics mapping #groundwater and #premafrost in #NorthernBC using Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Induced Polarization
RELEASE DAY! The Climate Conversations launches today with Episode 1: The Trailer. Follow, like, share! Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6nVG7Vy... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hygo...
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Podcast · Joseph Shea · The Climate Conversations is a podcast series coming to you from the University of Northern British Columbia, on the unceded ancestral territory of the Lheidlih T'enneh in Prin...
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#FieldworkPhoto From our colleague @alexbevington.bsky.social
Alex Bevington@alexbevington.bsky.social · 2mo agoHigh elevation hydrology is hard work, costly, and critical to understanding future water resources. Reinstrumenting the Place Creek Hydrometric station from the 70s/80s Provisional new data and histyoric WSC data can be seen here: watershed-rs.shinyapps.io/remotelogger/
ICYMI: the Climate Coversations has hit the ground running! New podcasts each Friday in all kinds of places. This week: I talk with Dr. Nancy Stevens, chair of First Nations Studies at UNBC. 📺 youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🔎 open.spotify.com/show/6nVG7Vy... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
It’s #FieldworkFriday w/ GEES’s Dr. Raquel Portes & team Meet the #Toastisols! 🔥 As #wildfires continue to affect #forests and communities across Canada, understanding how #soils and forests recover over time is critical for guiding post-fire management and restoration efforts. 1/2
you know that feeling where you write a grant application in 2024, are awarded the grant in 2025, the funds show up in 2026, and so you order lots of expensive scientific equipment, and the final pieces show up *literally* an hour before you have to leave for fieldwork? Yeah, I got that now.
📢 We're hiring! We are seeking a Director of Policy and Research Impact to join our leadership team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape climate policy, investment, and decision-making across British Columbia. Learn more: climatesolutions.ca/careers/dire...
Congratulations to Sara Darychuk on today’s successful dissertation defence. Congrats to her academic supervisor Dr. Joseph Shea as well!
Joseph Shea@josephshea.bsky.social · 3mo agoCelebrating the wins: newly-minted Dr. Sara Darychuk just received a clear pass in her PhD defense! Congratulations, Sara! @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social
🎉 We celebrate that UNBC recognized Dr. Phil Owens with the 2026 Excellence in Professional Practice, Mentorship, or Stewardship Award His selfless commitment to his discipline and to this university is exceptional, and its legacy has benefitted his colleagues here and around the world. Congrats!
🎉 We celebrate that UNBC honoured Dr. Roger Wheate with the designation of Professor Emeritus, an honour bestowed on retired faculty members who served with distinction during their careers at UNBC. Congratulations, Roger! Full story at: www.unbc.ca/our-stories/... Photo: UNBC Communications
🌲 It’s #fieldworkfriday🌲 and we have a Field School Update by Dr. Joseph Shea for Days 8-12 - out of the BC Interior, and onto the incredible Chilcotin Plateau. We were joined by Alex Bevington, Kristen Kieta & past field school alumnus Siobhan Striegler Klassen for the first night of this leg 1/
😎 Field School Day 3 Update by Dr. Joseph Shea in the heart of the Canadian Rockies Amazing layers of tephra (volcanic ash) preserved in banks of North Saskatchewan River, fresh glacier striations as the Athabasca Glacier recedes, and measuring what’s left of this winters snowpack at Bow Summit.
🌿 It’s #fieldworkfriday🌿 Dr. @Alex.Bevington.bsky.social along with reps from the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance, led a successful Intro to Community Hydrometric Monitoring Workshop last week with demos at McMillan Creek & Sinkut Creek. #physicalgeography #rivers #water #northernbc
@unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social’s Dr Brian Menounos on the “bonkers weather” (Latin term) that western Canada has been experiencing, and implications for icy areas at #EGU26 🧪⚒️ @hakai.org
Our 2026 Physical Geography Field School Days 1 & 2 Update @josephshea.bsky.social • Prince George to Valemount to Jasper. From interior rainforests to fresh geohazards, glacially sculpted terrain and incredible sediment exposures, 600 million year old rocks, wildfires, and sediment-laden rivers.
Day 3 of pre-departure learning and prep included a Shane Lake lunch lecture, ice sheet landforms, a drone mapping survey demonstration, weather station setup, and a mama black bear with three cubs #fieldschool @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social
Repost from @rockdochawk • Today is the day! The inaugural Landscapes through Time Geoconference will kick off at 9 AM today at UNBC. For those without tickets, there is a public keynote presentation by Dr. John Clague (verified awesome person) at 7 PM in the Canfor theatre.
Hoping the new rockslide that is currently blocking Highway 16 just east of the BC/AB border gets cleared quickly, but also: WE JUST FOUND A NEW STOP FOR OUR FABULOUS FIELD SCHOOL!!!
If there are any Canadian undergraduates in your life looking for an amazing spring field school in the mountains of western Canada, send them here ASAP! jmshea.opened.ca/2026-fieldsc... Visiting students welcome! #physical #geography #glaciers #mountains #highered #fieldschool
NRESi Friday Colloquium by Dezene Huber: Many little creatures and many big stories Date: Friday, March 13th, 2026_ 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: Room 8-166 and Online More info at: www2.unbc.ca/nres-institu...
