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Economical Sensors to Track Climate Change Effects in Coastal Texas Town

A civil engineer from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is working with a Texas coastal town to create an economical sensor network that will help the community track the effects of climate change.

20 Sep 2021

Scientists Use Sensor Data to Find How Much Wildfire Smoke Infiltrates Indoor Areas

Though overall air quality in the U.S. has improved dramatically in recent decades, smoke from catastrophic wildfires is now creating spells of extremely hazardous air pollution in the Western U.S. And, while many people have learned to reduce their exposure by staying inside, keeping windows closed and running air filtration systems on smoky days, data remains limited on how well these efforts are paying off.

2 Sep 2021

Low-Cost AirLow-Cost Air Quality Sensor Network Used to Measure Real-Time Volcanic Smog Exposure

In a new study, a team of scientists used a low-cost air quality sensor network to map the pollution exposure of residents in real time, for the first time.

25 Aug 2021

New Indicator for Monitoring Threats to the World’s Rainforests

Rainforests constitute a robust and natural solution to fight climate change. They provide water filtration and help capture carbon, thereby controlling global temperatures.

26 Jul 2021

Learning Aids: Skoltech Method Helps Train Computer Vision Algorithms on Limited Data

Researchers from Skoltech have found a way to help computer vision algorithms process satellite images of the Earth more accurately even with very limited data for training.

16 Jul 2021

Delta-T Device Soil Sensors Used by Rothamsted Research for the World’s Oldest Continuously-Running Agricultural Field Experiment

Rothamsted Research is the longest-running agricultural research institute in the world, with a history dating back to the middle of the 19th century. Sir John Bennet Lawes, an archetypal Victorian scientist, entreprene...

From Delta-T Devices Ltd 14 Jul 2021

Ecologists Employ Lidar Technologies to Inspect Forest Vegetation

Researchers working on forest ecology and ecological restoration have been employing state-of-the-art light detection and ranging (lidar) technology in extensive applications.

9 Jul 2021

New Device Could Help Detect Volatile Organic Compounds in Air

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are released as gases from specific solids or liquids and contain a range of chemicals. Several such chemicals are related to various harmful human health effects, right from eye, nose, and throat irritation to the damage of kidney, liver, and central nervous system.

7 Jul 2021

Wireless Sensors and UAVs Could be Ideal for Battling Forest Fires

Researchers at KAUST have identified that pairing ground-based sensors with airborne drones could greatly help firefighters while battling wildfires.

6 Jul 2021

The Role of Drones and Sensors when Monitoring Wildfires

The frequency of wildfires is steadily rising as climate change creates increasingly favorable conditions for such conflagrations. Dry leaves and plant life, a lack of soil moisture, and increased temperatures amongst other conditions provide fuel for such infernos and have significantly increased what is known as wildfire season.

6 Jul 2021