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KINGSTON - A recent collaborative research project between scientists from academia and government agencies has identified climate warming as the dominant driver of an increase in algal growth in the Athabasca oilsands region of northern Alberta. Researchers used dated lake sediment cores to reconstruct past algal production and industrial impact at 23 remote, helicopter-accessed lakes […]
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Scientists at the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) have published an article in the peer-reviewed journal, Science of the Total Environment, which details the immediate and short-term biological and chemical implications of the 2013 Obed Mountain Mine process water spill. On October 31, 2013, approximately 670,000 cubic meters of coal process water […]
Read ArticleThe Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) and the Alberta Airsheds Council (AAC) are collaborating to improve and strengthen air quality monitoring throughout the province. Today, AEMERA and the AAC – which represents Alberta’s nine Airsheds – signed off on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the two parties work together […]
Read ArticleThe Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) is collaborating with Inside Education to promote environmental education and leadership collaboration for Alberta K-12 schools. Inside Education is a charitable education society that provides programs to enable Canadian students and teachers to better understand the science, technology and issues related to our environment and natural […]
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Graduates of a new Aboriginal-focused training program are helping to improve Alberta’s environmental monitoring network while enhancing their skills, leadership capabilities and employment opportunities. Fifteen students from eight First Nation and Métis communities from across the oil sands region in northeastern Alberta completed five weeks of courses focused on safety, surface water quality monitoring and […]
Read ArticleA summary of monitoring results from the third year of the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM) is now available online on the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) website, aemera.org. The associated 2014-2015 data can also be found online in the Data Library of the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation […]
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The external expert peer review panel tasked with reviewing the scientific rigour of environmental monitoring in the oil sands area found that good progress has been made since the Canada-Alberta Joint Oil Sands Monitoring plan (JOSM) was established in 2012. The panel, commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, […]
Read ArticleThe external expert peer review panel tasked with reviewing the scientific rigour of environmental monitoring in the oil sands region is set to deliver its final report to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) on February 22, 2016. The report provides an impartial assessment of […]
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Dr. Fred Wrona, Chief Scientist of the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA), will lend his scientific expertise to a specially convened meeting that will address various long-term challenges facing the Arctic. The Arctic in 2045: a long-term vision is a three-day meeting, by invite only from the United Kingdom (UK) Foreign and […]
Read ArticleThe Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) is launching a new website featuring historic and near real-time air quality data for the entire province of Alberta. The airdata website is a central repository for ambient air quality data collected in Alberta. The site contains archived, historical, quality assured/quality controlled (QA/QC) data. The data […]
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