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California’s Snowpack is Now One of the Largest Ever, Bringing Drought Relief, Flooding Concerns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 126.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 54 inches, which is 221 percent of average for this location on April 3. The ...Read more -
soil sensor for plants
If you love gardening, especially growing new plants, shrubs and vegetables, then you’ll need this smart device to get the most out of your growing efforts. Enter: the smart soil moisture sensor.For those unfamiliar with this concept, a soil moisture sensor measures the amount of water in t...Read more -
Soil water potential sensor
Continuous monitoring of plant “water stress” is particularly important in dry areas and has traditionally been accomplished by measuring soil moisture or developing evapotranspiration models to calculate the sum of surface evaporation and plant transpiration. But there is potential t...Read more -
Environmental gas sensor technology finds opportunities in the smart building and automotive markets
Boston, Oct. 3, 2023 / PRNewswire / — Gas sensor technology is turning the invisible into the visible. There are several different types of techniques that can be used to measure analytes that are important for safety and health, that is, to quantify the composition of indoor and outdoor ai...Read more -
Australia installs water quality sensors on Great Barrier Reef
The Australian government has placed sensors in parts of the Great Barrier Reef to record water quality. The Great Barrier Reef covers an area of approximately 344,000 square kilometers off the northeast coast of Australia. It contains hundreds of islands and thousands of natural structures cal...Read more -
Electric remote control lawn mower
Robotic lawnmowers are one of the best gardening tools to come out in the last few years and are ideal for those who want to spend less time on household chores. These robotic lawnmowers are designed to roll around your garden, cutting the top of the grass as it grows, so you don’t have to ...Read more -
Delhi smog: Experts call for regional cooperation to fight air pollution
Anti-smog guns spray water on New Delhi’s Ring Road to minimize air pollution. Experts say current urban-focused air pollution controls ignore rural pollution sources and recommend developing regional air quality plans based on successful models in Mexico City and Los Angeles. Representativ...Read more -
Soil Quality Sensor
Can you tell us more about the effect of salinity on the results? Is there some kind of capacitive effect of the double layer of ions in the soil? It would be great if you could point me to more information about this. I am interested in making high-precision soil moisture measurements. Imagine...Read more -
Water Quality Sensor
A team of researchers from universities in Scotland, Portugal and Germany has developed a sensor that can help detect the presence of pesticides in very low concentrations in water samples. Their work, described in a new paper published today in the journal Polymer Materials and Engineering, coul...Read more