This week several media outlets have highlighted air quality modelling work conducted by Environment Canada under the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Plan. Specifically, Environment Canada presented two video animations at AEMERA’s February Oil Sands Monitoring Symposium: An animation showing the change in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels over the oil sands region. This is based on […]
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New AEMERA Mascot?
Being an AEMERA field staff is an exciting job. You get to spend your days in nature, enjoying the environment while monitoring it. Sometimes you may even get to interact with the wildlife. In this case, the wildlife was a stray kitten. Two weeks ago while out on a routine surface water quality trip, AEMERA […]
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Every Bead Counts
The Chinese abacus is called “suanpan”, which means “calculating deck”. It is made of columns of beads on bamboo rods, separated with a beam into upper deck and lower deck. Each bead on upper deck counts as five and the bead on lower deck counts as one. The first column on the right represent one […]
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