In the field – on ocean research boats, at helicopter-based exploration camps, in submarines, flying drones, mapping landscapes, driving ATVs, hiking ridgelines, sampling lake beds, skidooing across frozen tundra, taking river samples, flying in airplanes, visiting work sites.

In the laboratory – analyzing rock, sediment and ice cores taken from Earth’s different layers and environments, conducting chemical experiments, building models to run experiments, running equipment to date the age of ancient rocks and organisms, breaking apart mineral deposits in rocks, cleaning dinosaur bones.

In the office – interpreting field data, analyzing lab results, reconstructing ancient environments, researching future resources, writing reports or papers to share the science, mapping deposits or geological features, coding programs to do research, consulting with clients, studying land imagery.