Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring and management play a crucial role in safeguarding the health and sustainability of our planet. Environmental monitoring involves the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to assess the condition of natural resources and ecosystems. …

The world is constantly evolving, and technology is at the forefront of this transformation. One of the latest technological advancements that has been making waves in recent times is the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT refers to the interconnectivity of devices via the internet, enabling them to transfer data and…

Aerospace is identifying opportunities to improve wildfire detection and monitoring capabilities, efforts that could ultimately protect biodiversity, infrastructure, and human life, as well as mitigate wildfires’ financially damaging effect. — In 2021, more than 2.5 million acres burned due to California’s wildfires. The estimated economic loss was between $70 billion and $90 billion in the United States, with over half of that attributed to a California wildfire season aggravated by drought and intensified temperatures. …

From 3 months of gathering data on the ‘weather’ inside my apartment A few months ago I did a quick and easy side project to build a personal weather station. My goal was to learn the Arduino platform for future side projects as well as gather weather data to fulfill…

This article presents the summary of a paper that my co-authors and I published. Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71704-9_61 The authors describe the development of a machine learning model to predict the flow of the Susquehanna river and propose its integration with the GIS dashboard to display the predictions for…

Julie Vastine, Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring — Dickinson College The impact of community-based data collection programs — for volunteers, for organizations, and ultimately for healthy environments — is significant. …

Ashley Schuett (International Science and Technology Policy Graduate Student, George Washington University), Juan Pedro Maestre (Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin), and Katie Hoeberling (Director of Policy Initiatives, Open Environmental Data Project) Actors seeking to use open hardware and low cost tools for environmental data collection often…

Brianna Johns (GOSH Community Coordinator) and Pen-Yuan Hsing (GOSH Community Councilor; Co-founder MammalWeb; Research Associate Open!Next project, University of Bath, United Kingdom) Building and maintaining communities is a critical endeavor within both open source and environmental initiatives. …

Julieta Arancio, Drexel University and University of Bath post-doc. Open source origin stories are often associated with the joy developers get from learning, from being creative to solve problems (1,2). …