The week in monitoring news (Aug. 10, 2012)

This week in environmental monitoring news:

• Hoboken adding to sensors checking water levels in sewers to target flooding, via NJ.com.
• Kentucky Watershed Watch Program seeks volunteers for water quality monitoring, via LEX18.
• Remote wave sensor warns kayakers, others of dangerous water conditions, via Great Lakes Echo.
• Robot divers to report on Lake Superior’s depths, via Minnesota Public Radio.
• NASA and university scientists estimate volume of aerosols that arrive by air in North America each year, via SatNews.com.
• Federal mapping tool that aided first responders in Gulf spill expanded to Arctic, via the Maritime Executive.