How changing international relationships create new opportunities for technical collaboration Last year, in my keynote at GeoIgnite 2025, I spoke about how Canadian geospatial innovations can tackle environmental problems. I mentioned, for instance, RADARSAT’s Arctic […]
Last night, September 2 at 11:51 p.m. EDT at the Arianespace satellite launch base in Kourou, French Guiana (UTC-3) the VV16 mission launched 53 satellites, ranging in weight from 145 kg to 7 kg. Among […]
Annual emissions of methane (CH4) have risen by almost 10% in the past two decades. The primary sources of methane are the oil and gas industry and agriculture, in large part from livestock. Methane emissions […]
As a rule of thumb increasing electric power generation is closely coupled with economic expansion. Between 2005 and 2017 the U.S. economy as measured by real GDP expanded by about 20 % from $15 trillion […]
A spatial analysis of possible environmental factors contributing to the increase in the number of underweight babies born in Canada was presented by Charlene Nielsen at GeoAlberta 2018. Termed low birth weight at term (LBWT), […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than seven million deaths every year are linked to air pollution exposure from household and ambient (outdoor) air pollution. But in spite of these statistics the average […]
At the GeoBIM Building and Infrastructure Conference in Amsterdam Rob van de Velde and Friso Penninga of Geonovum presented an overview of what has been achieved to date with respect to 3D data and technology […]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued its annual World Energy Outlook 2016. The IEA has examined several scenarios. All the Paris COP21 climate pledges from 190 countries have been incorporated into its main scenario. […]