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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 2d

And that's show business for you, baby ❤️‍🔥 - George the lambeosaurus 🦕

#universityofbritishcolumbia #ubcstudent #pacificmuseumofearth

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 8d

Together, Canadians must do more than just talk about reconciliation; we must learn how to practise reconciliation in our everyday lives—within ourselves and our families, and in our communities, governments, places of worship, schools, and workplaces.

-Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 10d

Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?

Because the “P” is silent.

📸 Pterodactyls were not dinosaurs, but giant flying reptiles with bat-like skin wings, hollow bones, and sharp beaks. They lived alongside dinosaurs, but are not related, and primarily glided on air currents.

Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 12d

#WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay is observed annually on September 26th to raise awareness about critical environmental health issues.

Environmental health is one of the largest fields within public health because of the myriad ways external forces can impact how people eat, live, and grow.

Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 14d

Why was the sedimentary rock so cheap?

Because it was always on shale.

📸 Shale, a fine-grained, sedimentary rock that forms from compressed mud, clay, and silt, often containing organic matter.

Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 16d

This year, the autumnal equinox falls on Sept. 22 at about 11:19 AM PDT 🍁

It is the moment when day and night are approximately equal in length across the globe.

The word "equinox" comes from Latin, meaning "equal night".

Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 17d

Geology rocks… and geography is where it’s at.

(Ha ha. Get it. GET IT?)

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 19d

Why don’t climatologists trust the atmosphere?

Because it’s always up in the air 😁

📍 Pacific Museum of Earth, UBC, Vancouver

Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 21d

Which dinosaur knows the most words?

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 22d

Based on additional scientific information, the Montreal Protocol was adopted and chlorofluorocarbons – man-made chemicals used in refrigeration, aerosol sprays and foam production – started being phased out setting the ozone layer on the road to recovery.

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 22d

Forty years ago, nations came together under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and agreed to take appropriate measures to protect people and the planet from harmful UV radiation pouring through a potentially damaged ozone layer.

They succeeded.

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 22d

Today is #WorldOzoneDay and we celebrate one of the most effective international agreements ever to be made.

"This achievement reminds us that when nations heed the warnings of science, progress is possible." António Guterres

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 24d

With us geologists, it’s ore or nothing.

📸 Manganese ore

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 26d

Why are meteors great world leaders?
Because they always make a GREAT IMPACT.

📍 Vredefort crater, South Africa

The Vredefort crater is the biggest on Earth and is roughly 2 billion years old. The original crater was thought to be up to 186 miles (300 km) in diameter, but has largely eroded away.

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 28d

Geologists are foodies - we never lose our apatite.

📷 Apatite

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · 29d

Whatever you do, always keep your COAL.

📷 Peacock coal, National Geographic

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 31

Be patient with us geologists, we all have our faults.

📍 San Andreas fault, California

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 30

What natural disaster is caused by a horse?

A tor-NEIGH-do

Now go check out our tornado machine! 😉

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 29

Why are algae always single?

Because they prefer PLANKTONIC relationships!

But look at how GORGEOUS phytoplankton is! 😱

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 28

Did you hear about the fossil they found in South America? It’s like a Brazilian years old.

Okay, but for real: This 237-million-year-old fossil from Brazil is one of the oldest fossils ever discovered: Gondwanax paraisensis, a 4-legged reptile species.

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 26

Today is #NationalDogDay so here are some pics of dogs in dinosaur costumes because why not

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 25

Here is a tectonic plate joke because you never know when you need one:

Good thing you aren’t a tectonic plate in a relationship - all that friction must be unbearable!

Ha. I know.

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 24

I asked people what their favourite natural disaster was…

Avalanches won by a landslide!

📸 Landslides exhibit case at the Pacific Museum of Earth

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 23

What’s a cetacean’s favorite TV show?

WHALE of Fortune 😁

📍 Shout out to our across-the-street neighbours, the
@beatymuseum.bsky.social

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Pacific Museum of Earth @pme.ubc.ca · Aug 22

The other day I found this fossil of a PC…

It had about a TRILOBYTE of storage on it!

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