Comparing regressors

May 9, 2022 Matt Hall Environmental and Earth Sciences

There are several really nice comparisons between various algorithms in the Scikit-Learn documentation. The most famous, and useful, one is probably the classifier comparison: A comparison of classification algorithms. Each row is a different dataset; each column (except the first) is a different classifier, each trying to separate the blue and red points. The accuracy...

Meet Our Experts: Ryan Jansen, Engineer, Renewable Energy Technologies

May 3, 2022May 5, 2022 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

SRC has a long history of working in energy efficiency and renewables, and that work continues today. Meet Ryan Jansen, an Senior Research Engineer at SRC who specializes in Advanced Energy System and leads much of SRC's work in renewables technology, as well as smart and microgrids—all with an eye on helping industry improve efficiencies.

The pine needle game

May 2, 2022 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Learn to identify trees by their needles. Your first clue is the number of needles in a bunch!

Lowering the drawbridge

April 27, 2022 Amanda Tracey Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Colour-banded bluebirds make frequent appearances in my dreams. A couple of nights ago, I sat bolt upright in bed at 5:30 am, sweaty and stressed from a dream of chasing a banded bluebird whose colour bands I never got quite close enough to decipher. This is one of the ways I know it’s spring: the...

Des fleurs et des fjords : la botanique au parc territorial Agguttinni

April 27, 2022 Canadian Museum of Nature - Musée Canadien de la Nature Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Paul Sokoloff, du Musée, relate le déroulement de ses travaux de terrain au parc territorial Agguttinni, à l’été 2021, et présente quelques-uns des spécimens collectés par son équipe.

Dangers of artificial light at night to birds

April 25, 2022 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

How is artificial light at night (ALAN) disruptive to wildlife and what can you do to mitigate the impacts to migrating birds?

Nature Journaling, Monday to Friday: Backyard Flowers

April 22, 2022 chloevanloon Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences

I had a mad craving for some nature journaling last week. So I took to our current “backyard” in the outskirts of Ramona in a small community called Fernbrook which is in the county of San Diego, California. Nature journaling is a super-duper way to connect with nature, at the landscape or macroscopic level. Journaling...

Connecting to conservation

April 13, 2022 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is one of many partner organizations holding 12-week placements for Canadian Conservation Corps participants.

Between two ears: How horse riding makes me a better conservation biologist

April 11, 2022 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

There is no one single way to enjoy time in nature. NCC's Megan Quinn shares her favourite way of experiencing nature — looking between the ears of a horse.

Livestock Need Clean Water Too: Factors Affecting Water Quality

April 8, 2022May 5, 2022 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

Research shows that livestock with access to quality water will consume more, gain weight quicker and are less likely to develop health issues. Learn about some of the most common factors affecting water quality that we’ve seen at SRC Environmental Analytical Laboratories.

Environmental and Earth Sciences