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New space weather instrument begins collecting data
This map, created using new COWVR observations, shows Earth’s microwave frequencies, which provide information about the strength of ocean surface winds, the amount of water in clouds, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. An innovative mini-instrument aboard the International Sp...Read more -
Iowa’s water quality sensor network saved
The Iowa State University Nutrition Research Center has announced its intention to fund a network of water quality sensors to monitor water pollution in Iowa streams and rivers, despite legislative efforts to protect the sensor network. This is good news for Iowans who care about water quality an...Read more -
Sensor Technology Tackles Air Quality Challenges in the Industrial Realm
Scientific devices that can sense physical phenomena—sensors—are nothing new. We are approaching the 400th anniversary of the glass-tube thermometer, for example. Given a timeline that goes back centuries, the introduction of semiconductor-based sensors is quite new, however, and engineers aren’t...Read more -
Australia launches water quality monitoring system for nation’s “seafood basket”
Australia will combine data from water sensors and satellites before applying computer models and artificial intelligence to provide better data in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf, considered Australia’s “seafood basket” for its fecundity. The area provides much of the country’s seafood. The Spenc...Read more -
Fordham Physics Professor for Fordham Regional Environmental Sensor for Healthy Air Initiative
“About 25% of all asthma related deaths in New York State are in the Bronx,” said Holler. “There are highways that are going through all over the place, and exposing the community to high levels of pollutants.” Burning gasoline and oil, heating cooking gasses and more industrialization-based proc...Read more -
Australia Puts Water Quality Sensors in Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s government has placed sensors in parts of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to record water quality. The Great Barrier Reef covers about 344,000 square kilometers of area off Australia’s northeast coast. It contains hundreds of islands and thousands of natural structures, known as ...Read more -
Air Resources Our Mission
DEM’s Office of Air Resources (OAR) is responsible for the preservation, protection, and improvement of air quality in Rhode Island. This is accomplished, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, by regulating the emission of air pollutants from stationary and mobile em...Read more -
Despite recent storm system, Clarksburg, West Virginia, still below average in rainfall for this time of year
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Over the course of the past few days, North Central West Virginia has been getting battered by heavy rainfall. “It looks like the heaviest rainfall is behind us,” said Tom Mazza, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in Charleston. “Over the course of the...Read more -
Collaboration to help solve Indigenous water crisis
There are dozens of boil water advisories in place across the country for reserves. Could a research team’s innovative approach help solve this problem? Chlorine sensors are easy to produce, and with the addition of a microprocessor, it allows people to test their own water for chemical ele...Read more