HELIOX S6 E52 | Mar 28
Beavers Save a Drying Rainforest

A rainforest hit Level 5 drought. Twice.

Not a $100M pipeline. A 40-pound rodent.

Bridge Creek, OR: +168% steelhead from willow & mud.
Bow Creek, ID: wildfire stopped at the beaver dam.

🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/episodes/18903193
📖 https://helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post/192110546
📻 PRX: https://exchange.prx.org/p/612528

#WaterCrisis #BeaverRestoration #ClimateResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #Heliox #SciComm

The person with 2 years of food storage and no relationships is less resilient than the person with 2 months of storage and a neighborhood that gives a shit about each other.

#ClimateChange #ClimateResilience

To distinguish between "normal" and anomalous surface temperatures in Calgary in 2025, I applied Tukey’s method. The statistical distribution shows a negative skewness (coefficient ≈−0.59).

This highlights a critical phenomenon: the vast majority of the urban area is densely clustered in the warmer temperature range. In contrast, cool refuges (the rivers, reservoir, and dense parks) are statistically scarce, forming a long "tail" on the left side of the plot. In essence, Calgary’s baseline is shifted toward higher temperatures, making Urban Cool Islands a rare and vital resource.

I would like to remind my readers and followers that I am currently preparing a comprehensive article based on these research results. In it, I will explore the ecological and geochemical implications of this thermal distribution. Stay tuned for further updates!

#YYC #Calgary #ClimateResilience #UrbanHeatIsland #DataAnalytics #RemoteSensing #Landsat #OpenData #CitizenScience #LST #ClimateOfCalgary #Landsat #Rstats

🥔 Heat & drought are shrinking potato yields across Europe.

Combining sensor data, drones & field trials, the EU-funded @eu_adapt project tested 50+ potato varieties to guide future stress-tolerant breeding.
👉 https://link.europa.eu/rqfMTM

#FoodSecurity #ClimateResilience
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Giving back to Calgary: an article was published today about my satellite research of the city!

It is important to me to use my knowledge as a geoscientist and environmental data scientist to help make our new home better and greener. Thanks to LiveWire Calgary for the interest in this topic!

https://livewirecalgary.com/2026/03/17/new-satellite-study-shows-calgarys-uneven-urban-greenery/

#DataScience #EnvironmentalScience #RemoteSensing #Calgary #PublicEngagement #GIS #Sustainability #RStats #MDEM #yycPlanning #UrbanPlanning #ClimateResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanEcology #GreenInfrastructure #SmartCities #CalgaryUrbanism #GreennessOfCalgary

RT by @EUPublications: There are over 1 200 olive varieties, but only 5 % are used commercially. The @Gen4Olive characterized 500+ olive varieties, conserved wild populations and developed user-friendly tools for olive cultivation. 🌿🫒
👉 https://link.europa.eu/rYDkwN

#PlantScience #ClimateResilience
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