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Wind of Change: UMB Installs Small Weather Station
The extended forecast is calling for a small weather station at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), bringing the city’s weather data even closer to home. UMB’s Office of Sustainability worked with Operations and Maintenance to install a small weather station on the sixth-floor green roof...Read more -
Ultrasonic Anemometer
Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and a simple cup anemometer and weather vane are usually chosen to determine wind speed and direction. For Jianjia Ma’s QingStation, he decided to build a different type of wind sensor: an ultrasoni...Read more -
Most European city dwellers are exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution. Improving air quality to match World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended levels could prevent more than half of prematur...
Air pollution emissions have declined in the last two decades, resulting in better air quality. Despite this improvement, air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk in Europe. Exposure to fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide levels above the World Health Organization reco...Read more -
Haiti – Agriculture : Start of construction of a 5 km irrigation canal in Malfety
Launch of construction work on an irrigation canal in Malfety (2nd communal section of Bayaha, Fort-Liberté) intended for the irrigation of 7,000 hectares of agricultural land. This important agricultural infrastructure of approximately 5 km long, 1.5 m wide and 90 cm deep will run from Garate to...Read more -
Remote weather stations set up in Lahaina and Malaya to monitor fire conditions
A remote automatic weather station was recently installed in Lahaina. PC: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Recently, remote automatic weather stations have been installed in areas of Lahaina and Maalaya, where tussocks are vulnerable to wildfires. The technology allows the Hawaii ...Read more -
NRCS Idaho aims to equip more SNOTEL sites with soil-moisture sensors
Plans to eventually equip all snowpack telemetry stations in Idaho to measure soil moisture could help water-supply forecasters and farmers. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service operates 118 full SNOTEL stations that take automated measurements of accumulated precipitation, snow-water eq...Read more -
EPA rule to slash toxic pollution will affect 80 Texas plants
More than 200 chemical manufacturing plants nationwide — including dozens in Texas along the Gulf Coast — will be required to reduce toxic emissions that could cause cancer for people who live nearby under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule announced Tuesday. These facilities use hazardo...Read more -
Floods, landslides hit as Indonesia enters rainy season.
Many regions have been seeing a greater frequency of severe weather compared to previous years, with an increase in landslides as result. Monitoring the open channel water level & water flow speed & water flow–radar level sensor for Floods, landslides： A woman sits on Jan. ...Read more -
Soil Sensors: Definition, Types, and Benefits
Soil sensors are one solution that has proven its merit on smaller scales and could become invaluable for agricultural purposes. What Are Soil Sensors? Sensors track soil conditions, enabling real-time data collection and analysis. Sensors can track almost any soil characteristic, like the...Read more