Ministry of Environment

Geospatial Foundation Models Improve Atoll Island Ecosystem Mapping: A Case Study Using AlphaEarth Embeddings

Ecosystems and the services they provide are essential for life but continue to undergo degradation worldwide. Satellite remote sensing has been essential for environmental mapping for decades, but can suffer poor accuracy when applied to mapping terrestrial ecosystems. Geospatia...

Crayfish populations as an indicator of littoral zone recovery in historically acidified lakes with and without predatory fish in the Killarney Region, Ontario

Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario suffered extensive aquatic biodiversity loss in the early 1960s from acidification, particularly in the highly sensitive ridgetop lakes. In recent decades, effective North American legislation and emission reductions have resulted in substantial...