Posts for tag "conductivity"
Low Tech, Low Cost Buoys Coming to Maine’s Shellfish Farmers
Researchers from Maine’s Aquaculture Innovation Center are building a buoy designed to aid oyster and seaweed farmers along the U.S.’s northeastern coast.
- Posted July 22, 2020
Verify Accuracy of Hand-Held Water Quality Meters
A recent study reveals that hand-held water quality meters can vary in accuracy, and users benefit from lab testing to confirm their results.
- Posted December 26, 2018
Using Conductivity As A Tracer Yields More Data, Lower Costs
University of Minnesota researchers find that using conductivity as a tracer is more cost-effective and straightforward than other methods.
- Posted November 7, 2016
OpenCTD: Open-Source Sensor Ready For Seas
OpenCTD, the first open-source sensor developed by Oceanography for Everyone, is ready for marine and citizen scientists alike.
- Posted July 21, 2016
At Sippo Lake, Sediment Questions And Place-Based Learning Push
Stark County Park District managers study how Sippo Lake affects water quality after sediment load reduction efforts and push place-based learning tools.
- Posted May 2, 2016
Penobscot Indian Nation Safeguards Tribal Waterways
Resource managers with Penobscot Indian Nation keep a careful eye on their waterways with help from a Thermo Orion Star portable pH meter and other gear.
- Posted March 24, 2016
Van Essen Diver Loggers Join Fondriest Product Lineup
New to Fondriest Environmental’s product portfolio are the Van Essen Instruments Diver loggers, which are ideal for monitoring groundwater and surface water in a variety of applications. See below for a short description of each new addition....
- Posted March 21, 2016
Nitrogen Dynamics: In The Field With Scientists Tackling Dual Nutrient Questions
With more support for dual nutrient management strategies, Wright State researchers show us how they’re studying nitrogen’s role in runoff and algal blooms.
- Posted October 23, 2015
Drone River Project Uses Artificial Intelligence To Advance Automated Monitoring
University of Toronto students’ Drone River project uses state-of-the art drones, sensors and clues from social media to monitor and address river problems.
- Posted August 13, 2015
Choosing The Right Thermo Portable For Your Project
This roundup of Thermo Scientific’s Thermo Orion Star A portable meters can help you choose the right one for your project.
- Posted June 10, 2015
Scientists At Western Kentucky University Study Karst System’s Groundwater Dynamics
Western Kentucky University researchers use a NexSens 3100-iSIC data logger and a YSI EXO2 sonde to track groundwater dynamics in a karst system in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- Posted May 27, 2015
Choosing The Right Thermo Benchtop For Your Project
A roundup of Thermo Scientific’s Thermo Orion Star A benchtop meters and information to help choose the right one for your project.
- Posted May 22, 2015
Thousands of Mount Everest hikers add to area’s groundwater contamination
Trash, human waste left by Mount Everest tourists dirties water downstream. Ball State scientists measure the impacts and try to clean things up.
- Posted April 2, 2015
FLAMe sampler enables unprecedented snapshots of surface water quality
A high-speed water quality sampling rig could soon help scientists capture a snapshot of surface water quality across a lake or stream.
- Posted January 21, 2015
REON II water quality network gets upgrade for Hudson, St. Lawrence watersheds
The Beacon Institute’s new low-cost REON II water quality sensor package could boost monitoring in the Hudson and St. Lawrence watersheds and beyond.
- Posted December 29, 2014
Private effort aims to wire Lake George into world’s ‘smartest lake’
Some of the same engineers behind IBM's Jeopardy-winning Watson are turning to water monitoring tech to make Lake George the world's 'smartest lake.'
- Posted October 28, 2014
Data buoy on Acadia National Park’s Jordan Pond to help answer clarity questions
Famous for its clarity, Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park is getting a little cloudier. A data buoy is helping scientists and managers find out why.
- Posted October 24, 2014
Colorado Water Watch delivers real-time water quality data from oil and gas drilling sites
The Colorado Water Watch groundwater monitoring network and data distribution platform delivers easy to understand data from sites near oil and gas wells.
- Posted September 26, 2014
In Sierra Nevada streams, researchers on the lookout for drought-threatened fish
Surveys of drought-weakened Sierra Nevada streams are turning up sparse numbers of fish, as well as insights that could aid in conservation efforts.
- Posted September 22, 2014
Gallatin River watershed council monitors water quality in the nation’s headwaters
The Greater Gallatin Watershed Council is minding water quality in a place far upstream of the country's major waterways
- Posted September 19, 2014
