A new study by UBC researchers Ted Scott, Simon Donner and Rachel White has found that between 1990 and 2023, the average summer between the tropics and the polar circles grew about six days longer per decade.
Summer is Getting Longer, and it’s Happening Faster than We Thought
Join us this summer for adventures with GEOS 309 Field Camp 2026
Join us this summer for a hands-on adventure in the beautiful Okanagan Valley for GEOS 309 Field Camp! This immersive experience, hosted at the state-of-the-art Teck Geological Field Station, provides the opportunity to build field and technical geographical science skills in a range of landscapes, from headwaters and stream beds to grassland savannah.
UBC researchers co-launch Alpine Horizons Research Initiative to conserve B.C. Coast Mountains
Researchers at UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria are working with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and BC Parks to better understand and steward some of B.C.’s most iconic and beloved landscapes: the alpine ecosystems of the southwest Coast Mountains.
Dr. Phurwa Dondrub Dolpopa appointed as Assistant Professor in Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences
We extend a warm welcome to Assistant Professor Phurwa Dondrub Dolpopa who joined the UBC Department of Geography in July.
Through immersive sound storytelling, Dr. Siobhán Wittig McPhee invites listeners to experience campus through the hidden stories of those who keep it running behind the scenes.
Spatial empathy in action: New audio project gives voice to UBC’s custodial community
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke: New app estimates health impacts of breathing smoke from wildfires
A Harvard atmospheric modeling team including Assistant Professor Tianjia Liu, has created an online platform that could help communities identify areas in need of controlled burns or other wildfire management strategies, with the goal of preventing future uncontrolled fires and, more specifically, reducing smoke exposures.
Drs. Avery Everhart and Kate Hale receive 2024/25 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Awards
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Avery Everhart and Kate Hale who received the 2024/25 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award. This annual award supports faculty to focus solely on research while providing teaching and administrative relief for a semester. Medical geographer Dr. Everhart (she/her) will be devoting her time to her current book project Beyond Binary […]
Too Hot to Think Small: The Case for a Right to Cool in British Columbia
Geography professors Geraldine Pratt, Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Kinesiology faculty Liv Yoon launch their Right to Cool report, a call for bold, systemic action on extreme heat in British Columbia.
Research Profile: Rachel Stern – housing justice in the climate emergency
PhD candidate and Public Scholar Rachel Stern has been focused on the intersection of housing insecurity, heat vulnerability and aging for some time. Read more about her timely work.