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Improving climate information and services in Vanuatu
Creating improved climate information and services in Vanuatu poses unique logistical challenges. Andrew Harper has worked as NIWA’s Pacific climate specialist for over 15 years and knows what to expect when working in the region. Plans are likely to include 17 bags of cement, 42 meters of ...Read more -
Dissolved oxygen is a major concern in aquaculture. Here’s why.
Professor Boyd discusses a critical, stress-causing variable that can kill or cause poor appetite, slow growth and greater susceptibility to disease It is well known among aquaculturists that the availability of natural food organisms limits the production of shrimp and most fish species in pond...Read more -
Open channel flow measurement
Open channel flows are found in Nature as well as in man-made structures In Nature, tranquil flows are observed in large rivers near their estuaries: e.g. the Nile River between Alexandria and Cairo, the Brisbane River in Brisbane. Rushing waters are encountered in mountain rivers, river rapids a...Read more -
Northwestern Research and Extension Center installs weather station
Minnesota Department of Agriculture and NDAWN staff installed the MAWN/NDAWN weather station July 23-24 at the University of Minnesota Crookston North Farm north of Highway 75. MAWN is the Minnesota Agricultural Weather Network and NDAWN is the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network. Maureen O...Read more -
Sensors collect data on people, traffic and weather as part of a pilot program in Arlington
Researchers are analyzing data collected from small sensors installed in a small area of streetlights along Wilson Avenue in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. Sensors installed between North Fillmore Street and North Garfield Street collected data on the number of people, direc...Read more -
DAM MONITORING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
The dam itself is a system consisting of technical objects and natural elements, although created by human activity. The interaction of both (technical and natural) elements includes challenges in monitoring, forecasting, decision support system, and warning. Usually, but not necessarily, the who...Read more -
MnDOT will add 6 new weather stations in southern Minnesota
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) – There are two seasons in Minnesota: winter and road construction. A variety of road projects are underway across south-central and southwest Minnesota this year, but one project has caught the attention of meteorologists. Beginning June 21, six new Road Weather Infor...Read more -
Transform every school in Kerala into a weather station: Award-winning climate scientist
In 2023, 153 people died from dengue fever in Kerala, accounting for 32% of dengue deaths in India. Bihar is the state with the second highest number of dengue deaths, with only 74 dengue deaths reported, less than half of Kerala’s figure. A year ago, climate scientist Roxy Mathew Call, who...Read more -
Queensland floods: Airport submerged and crocodiles seen after record rain
Major floods have inundated parts of northern Queensland – with the heavy rain thwarting attempts to evacuate a settlement hit by rising water. Extreme weather driven by tropical cyclone Jasper has dumped a year’s worth of rain on some areas. Images show planes stuck on Cairns airport...Read more