Between 1993 and 2025, resource revenue to the government went from ~$18 billion to ~$75 billion, but hospital beds per 1000 people dropped from 2.7 to less than 1.8
Something wrong with this picture #alberta Graphic from abresistance.substack.com
Publication of this paper was delayed for months and the lead author forbidden to give media interviews
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026974912501214X?via%3Dihub
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stalled-coal-mine-pollution-study/
Image showing distribution of boreal forest cover and density trends from 1985 to 2020. There is a significant upward trend, r2 = 0.83 , slope 0.185x where x is % tree cover
A new study using the longest high-resolution satellite record of tree cover has found that the boreal forest has expanded by 12% and shifted northward over the past four decades....The results show an expansion of approximately 0.84 million square kilometres [β¦]
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RE: https://mapstodon.space/@mapsmania/116041789378261804
I love this!
Well, everyone, you can now submit a comment to let the FCC know what you think about SpaceX asking for 1 million satellites for "AI datacenters" whatever the fuck that means.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-113A1.pdf
Comments due March 6.
I am having a very hard time believing [β¦]
Map showing Integrated Risk Assessment for Boreal Caribou Ranges in Canada. In Alberta all the caribou ranges are rated as Very Unlikely for self-sustainability, the worst rating of all provinces and territories with caribou.
It's not looking good for #caribou in #alberta " the review of the Section 11 Agreement with the feds is now due, yet instead of completing the required planning, the Alberta government is doubling down on industrial conversion of the landscape...Perhaps the [β¦]
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Is there anyone else on here who lives in the town of #Athabasca ?
@Jeneric Yay winter #yegbike commute! When I lived in Edmonton I commuted from Forest Heights to the south side (about 7 km) via the excellent bike trail parallel to 91 St. It was ploughed before the roads were! Traffic would be at a standstill at the intersection with Whitemud and I'd be [β¦]
Sign Elizabeth May's Petition e-6993 concerning #proportionalrepresentation "...We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to:
2) Commit to implementing a proportional-representation voting system before the next federal election [β¦]
Poster of the upcoming Livestream: 12 Hour COMMUNITY * *MARATHOIN January 24 10 AM -10 PM EST With Tony McQuail & These Special Guests (all of the other Leadership Candidates)
Join Tony McQuail and the other Leadership candidates @votetanille.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social for a Community Marathon. Starting at 10 am EST. Schedule to follow. #ndp2026 #ndp #PR
youtube.com/@tonymcquail
Hmm..issue recurs every time I open Mastodon.
North pole centred maps showing how shipping routes around the east of Greenland and through the Canadian NW passage that were previously (2006-2015) possible for polar class vessels will in the future (2014-2059) be navigable by regular vessels
Maps showing why Trump wants #Greenland and maybe why he wants to keep that #climatechange going
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greenland-maps-important-shipping-defense-arctic-warms/
Oh, that's why
https://mapstodon.space/@jeremy/115929578768348573
I wonder why I'm not able to see images on Mastodon today
Very interesting.
" a landmark study .... provides rigorous, data-driven proof that Indigenous-led conservation effortsβspecifically #Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)βare just as effective, and often more effective, at sequestering #carbon and preserving #biodiversity than [β¦]
If you are in Edmonton #yeg , check out this book launch presentation of <i>Move slowly and build bridges </i> , a book about Mastodon and the #fediverse by Robert Gehl [β¦]
2025 was a big year for GRASS: modernized documentation, faster parallel raster algebra, a new Python API with NumPy integration, JSON outputs for data-science workflows, new addons, and a major developer summit in North Carolinaβplus tutorials, workshops, and community support.
Read the full [β¦]
Wow. New #buildings height dataset based on Planetscope data #geospatialdata #opendata
"We introduce GlobalBuildingAtlas, a publicly available dataset providing global and complete coverage of building polygons, heights and Level of Detail 1 (LoD1) 3D building models. This is the first open [β¦]
https://open.substack.com/pub/spectralreflectance/p/earth-observation-in-2025-acceleration
This is so full of insights I donβt know which to quote. Must read for anyone interested in the current state of #earthobservation
Fun and engaging video on the CABIN procedure for sampling aquatic invertebrates in beautiful upper tributaries of the #Athabasca river https://lnkd.in/eUVJZyTG
As always I recommend you download the #freetube app to watch videos from Youtube without giving Google your data
#aquaticEcology [β¦]
Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news:
Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he [β¦]
π¬ Missed today's webinar on the new #GRASS #Python API? The recording is now available!
Learn how upcoming GRASS 8.5 lets you use GRASS tools as Python functions, integrates NumPy, and simplifies #geospatial automation with JSON outputs and context managers.
Thanks to Natrx for supporting this [β¦]
#ABMI estimates ungulate and predator population densities in NW #Alberta #caribou #lynx #blackbear #wolf #moose #snowshoehare #whitetail deer #biodiversity
https://abmi.ca/publication/663.html
Thirteen new species of calcioid fungi discovered by the #ABMI (Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute)'s Processing (taxonomy) Centre. They are tiny pin-like fungi, yet visible to the native eye - To appreciate the size watch the video! [β¦]
First images from Sentinel 1D #earthobservation #SAR https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Sentinel-1D_delivers_first_images_from_Antarctica_to_Bremen
First images from Sentinel 5A #earthobservation https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/first-images-copernicus-sentinel-5a
The earth likes to move fast and break things too.
This interview with Charles #Trimble is very interesting! How #GPS almost died in the 1990's. We need to learn from this today! This is why we need international rules and standards.
"A satellite communications company (ICO) began lobbying globally to take 5 MHz of protected GPS spectrum and [β¦]
Another wrinkle in the pipeline debate. Are we are smart as 50 years ago?
https://gogeomatics.ca/what-lies-beneath-why-canada-must-study-the-land-before-building-a-new-pipeline/
A treasure trove of #earthobservation news and resources in the latest Spectral Reflectances newsletter! https://www.spectralreflectance.space/p/spectral-reflectance-newsletter-125
Like how about the Cloud Native Geospatial Conference summarized into one notebook, not only by AI but also the [β¦]
