Sarah Lockwood (she/her)
Career Profiles
Mine Geologist
Structure of the Earth
Backgrounders
Learn about the layers of the Earth and discover how people explore the Earth’s crust.
Lesley Hymers
Manager, Education and Outreach Programs
Lisa T. Phiri
Mining Geologist
Max Salman
Career Profiles
PH.D. Student / Affiliate Researcher
Why does the Earth have Layers?
STEM Explained
An in-depth look at how the Earth got its layers.
Megan Laracy
Career Profiles
Geologist
Natalie Swanson
Petroleum Geologist
The Deepest Hole in the World
STEM Explained
Drilling into Earth’s Interior is no easy task. The Kola Superdeep Borehole is one of the projects that tried to do it.
Tapping Underground Energy with Heat Pumps
STEM Explained
Using the heat of the Earth’s interior, you can heat your home with a ground source heat pump. This kind of heating is cheaper and better for the environment!
The Inner Solar System
STEM Explained
Earth is covered in rocks. So are Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon. Does that mean the rocky planets are all the same?
Plate Tectonics
STEM Explained
The surface of the Earth is constantly moving, and earthquakes and volcanoes occur, because of plate tectonics.
Ringwoodite and the Deep Water Cycle
STEM Explained
The water in the oceans has travelled vast distances. It has even time spent deep below the surface of the Earth, trapped inside the mineral ringwoodite.
How Did a Piece of Canada End Up in Australia?
STEM Explained
Learn how geologists used radioactive dating to uncover geology shared by both Canada and Australia.
Joel Shank
Career Profiles
Geoscientist