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SmartBin, an Ireland-based sensor system that monitors the fill levels of recycling containers, and Trimble, a Calif.-based positioning technology company, have teamed to combine sensors and location for more efficient solutions for the environmental services and recycling markets. The bin sensors will be coupled with positioning technology, fleet management, asset management and other logistics and [...]
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Instead of the traditional precision agriculture method of making zone maps for the application of fertilizer, the technology is moving to in-field sensing where the health of the crop is being assessed just ahead of the tractor and the on-board computer varies the rate in real time. The in-field sensor uses two light beams of [...]
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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission’s (LDCM) thermal infrared sensor (TIRS) has been completed and shipped to Orbital Sciences for integration into the rest of the satellite. This TIRS sensor will measure and monitor water evaporation and transpiration over Earth’s land surface by measuring radiation emitted in two thermal bands. The sensor resolution is 100 meters, [...]
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The United Nations has just launched an information system to improve the exchange of weather, climate and water data. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System simplifies the international exchange of this information, while reducing costs, and exploiting the latest communications technologies. This service is expected to aid disaster risk reduction, water management, food security, [...]
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A high-level United Nations panel on global sustainability has just come out with a report outlining a far-reaching sustainable development strategy. Titled “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing“, the report is being described as “a new blueprint for sustainable development and low-carbon prosperity.” Central to the report is a call for a science [...]
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In a recent feature in Farm and Ranch Guide, the accessibility of unmanned aerial vehicles is promoted for both crop and livestock producers. The piece emphasizes the benefits, and the fact that in the very near future it will become commonplace for farmers to obtain a lot of data about their crops and livestock very [...]
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Today at the ILMF event in Denver, Wesley Newton from the U.S. Geological Survey discussed the use of lidar for wildlife habitat modeling. The USGS works to assess the quality of habitat, population demographics, species survival, and why wildlife are found in specific habitats. The group works to model and explain the mix of wildlife [...]
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Environmentalist Ma Jun of the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, giving a speech recently in the Mary Robinson Speaker Series, discusses the data-driven advocacy he pioneered to hold China’s government and businesses accountable for air and water pollution. In this presentation Jun outlines water pollution, increased coal burning, and the inevitable health impacts that [...]
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Kendra McLauchlan, an assistant professor of geography at Kansas State University and director of the university’s Paleoenvironmental Laboratory, has just been named to a list of the top 150 scientists in the history of Kansas. This award adds to the National Science Foundation CAREER Award that she received in 2010. McLauchlan’s research involves the reconstructing [...]
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