#Canada’s failure to invest in modern #geodetic infrastructure has left it dependent on foreign systems...on the key networks of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) — the backbone of the world’s geodetic infrastructure — […]

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#horses #alberta

My co-authored paper demonstrates a simple open source method for monitoring harmful #algal_blooms in a #lake over space and time, using #chlorophylla as a proxy. You just need a few chl-a samples from your lake to calibrate an #aquatic chlorophyll index […]

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71 per cent of #canada was in #drought as of July 3. Not looking good for Manitoba. They've had the worst of the smoke too.

" the fun side of #ClimateChange " Canada's #plant hardiness guide has just had its decadal update and there's quite a expansion in zones. There might be Canadian citrus in the future, if it can stand the smoke. #https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canada-plant-map-1.7594348 #horticulture

In praise of #landsat https://gogeomatics.ca/after-landsat-7-honouring-a-legacy-continuing-the-mission/ #earthobservation

#canada relies heavily on foreign GNSS systems (primarily U.S. GPS), licenses GIS software from foreign vendors, and outsources significant portions of its spatial data infrastructure. In many cases, critical national geospatial data — used for defense […]

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I don't have one. Do you? #alberta

Source: Alberta Find a Doctor

The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the U.S. Air Force and Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to release public records detailing the Trump administration’s plans to build landing pads for #spacex rockets in sensitive #marine habitat in the […]

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The seafloor around the remote British Overseas Territory of Ascension Island just got mapped, some of it for the first time ever...Looking at this cheerful looking crew in shorts , I wonder what it would be like to be one of the Ascension Island Government […]

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April 2 2025: online webinar on how #earthobservation can help with vegetation management for #wildfire mitigation, with optional networking/discussion opportunity afterwards.
https://my.demio.com/ref/1TclLtq8SCb0h9fM

Why are we still using ordinary least squares regression? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theil%E2%80%93Sen_estimator

Huge mapping news! New detailed map of Antarctic topography; what is under the map sheet. A lot of the rock bed is actually under sea level. Also, dogs helped create this map. 🐶 ✈️ ⛴️🛰️
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/new-map-of-landscape-beneath-antarctica-unveiled/

Cute, and informative! A zine about, of all things, cloud optimized geospatal data formats! https://zines.developmentseed.org/zines/cloud-native/#zine/1/

"A new peer-reviewed study on the health impacts of pollution from Alberta's oil and gas sector has found the odds of having negative respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes increase by nine to 21 per cent, depending on the number of oil and gas wells […]

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CarbonMapper - point sources of #methane and CO2 identified worldwide by Planet's Tanager satellites #earthobservation #hyperspectral #planetscope https://data.carbonmapper.org

A map of continuous #methane emitters, from a recent science report (Vanselow et al 2024) using Sentinel-5P satellite data. Some are anthropogenic and some are natural. The #wetands we need to leave intact because they are also storing lots of methane and […]

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There were lots of #floods last year! You may have noticed. So #canada 's Historic Flood Events data layer has been updated with 123 new data points. Amazingly, it includes floods going back to 1696 […]

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We also have this Online Reporting for Biodiversity tool where you can quickly generate a report on human footprint, habitat intactness, and how this affects various species, for ecological regions, watersheds, counties and more, in #alberta https://orb.abmi.ca/

This is a new report on the larger #oilsands Region of northern Alberta, the world's fourth largest petroleum reserve, which contains the area where active surface mining of bitumen is occurring. #abmi tracks #humanfootprint. There is still a lot of valuable […]

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Here in Canada the #gulfofmexico is still the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps. Wondering how it looks to American colleagues.