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Cave city in volcanic rocks of uplifted Central Anatolian plateau.

Geophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics

November 28, 2017

When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study of Earth’s physical characteristics and behaviours.

Remnants of a crumpled office building in Mexico City after the earthquake

U of T earthquake experts on Mexico’s second quake in 12 days

September 21, 2017

More than 200 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck Mexico for a second time in less than two weeks.

Rescuers are still scrambling to reach survivors trapped inside toppled buildings, including a primary school in southern Mexico City.

A scientist in a lab wearing a lab coat and gloves examines a glass jar

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announces $52.6 million for U of T scientists

September 08, 2017

The secret contaminants lurking in your home, from the water in the washing machine to the dust bunnies collecting under the bed, are providing an amazing wealth of information for Miriam Diamond, an earth sciences professor at the University of Toronto.

Predatory marine worm from the Cambrian period called a Capinatator

U of T-Yale scientists identify new spiny-headed sea predator

August 03, 2017

A team of scientists have identified a small marine predator that once patrolled the ocean floor and grabbed its prey with 50 spines that it deployed from its head.

Tanya Kizovski is holding an iron-nickel meteorite and Sara Mazrouei is holding stony-iron meteorites.

Talk about the cosmos over a pint with these U of T space experts

June 01, 2017

University of Toronto experts are bringing discoveries from out of this world into the pub.

They’ll be speaking at the Solar System Social – a monthly event taking place on Saturday at Burdock brewery in Toronto.

U of T researchers and science illustrator bring fossilized creatures to life

February 28, 2017

U of T researchers — some of whom are students — have uncovered fossils of creatures that roamed the earth or swam in its waters millions of years ago.

But it’s only with the help of science illustrators like Danielle Dufault at the Royal Ontario Museum that they are able to bring these long-extinct species back to life.

Joseph Moysiuk (left) and research supervisor Jean-Bernard Caron at the Burgess Shale fossil deposit.

Research Opportunities Program opens many doors for students

February 28, 2017

For some Arts & Science undergraduate students, participating in the Research Opportunity Program (ROP) is a first chance to get “hands on” with the process of academic discovery, get some solid mentoring from established scholars and experience working on a research team.

A scientific illustration of Ovatiovermis cribratus

500 million-year-old species offers insights into the lives of ancient legged worms

January 31, 2017

A new species of lobopodian, a worm-like animal with soft legs from the Cambrian period (541 to 485 million years ago), has been described for the first time from fossils found in the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

This illustration shows the hyolith Haplophrentis extending the tentacles of its feeding organ (lophophore) from between its shells.

Paleontologists classify mysterious ancient cone-shaped sea creatures

January 11, 2017

One branch on the tree of life is a bit more crowded today. A team of scientists led by 20-year-old University of Toronto undergraduate student Joseph Moysiuk has finally determined what a bizarre group of extinct cone-shaped animals actually are.

Barbara Sherwood Lollar and Georges Lacrampe-Couloume

Team discovers energy source sustaining microbial life deep beneath Earth's surface

October 27, 2016

In Northern Ontario, researchers have found “geochemical fingerprints of life” and the energy sustaining it, in waters more than two kilometres below the surface of Earth. The discovery demonstrates how life can be sustained even in the seemingly inhospitable environments of the deep Earth crust.

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