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Climate change and extreme weather impacts hit Asia hard
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the impact of heatwaves became more severe, according to a new report from the World Meteorolo...Read more -
Automatic weather station deployed in Kashmir to enhance farming practices
Asophisticated automatic weather station has been deployed in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district in a strategic effort to enhance horticultural and agricultural practices with real-time weather insights and soil analysis. The installation of the weather station is part of the Holistic Agricult...Read more -
Severe storms with tennis ball-size hail pummel Charlotte area Saturday, NWS says
Severe storms with predicted 70-mph winds and hail the size of tennis balls swept across the Charlotte area on Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologists reported. Union County and other areas were still at risk nearing 6 p.m., according to NWS severe weather alerts on X, the former socia...Read more -
Wind of Change: UMB Installs Small Weather Station
The extended forecast is calling for a small weather station at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), bringing the city’s weather data even closer to home. UMB’s Office of Sustainability worked with Operations and Maintenance to install a small weather station on the sixth-floor green roof...Read more -
Ultrasonic Anemometer
Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and a simple cup anemometer and weather vane are usually chosen to determine wind speed and direction. For Jianjia Ma’s QingStation, he decided to build a different type of wind sensor: an ultrasoni...Read more -
Most European city dwellers are exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution. Improving air quality to match World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended levels could prevent more than half of prematur...
Air pollution emissions have declined in the last two decades, resulting in better air quality. Despite this improvement, air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk in Europe. Exposure to fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide levels above the World Health Organization reco...Read more -
Haiti – Agriculture : Start of construction of a 5 km irrigation canal in Malfety
Launch of construction work on an irrigation canal in Malfety (2nd communal section of Bayaha, Fort-Liberté) intended for the irrigation of 7,000 hectares of agricultural land. This important agricultural infrastructure of approximately 5 km long, 1.5 m wide and 90 cm deep will run from Garate to...Read more -
Remote weather stations set up in Lahaina and Malaya to monitor fire conditions
A remote automatic weather station was recently installed in Lahaina. PC: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Recently, remote automatic weather stations have been installed in areas of Lahaina and Maalaya, where tussocks are vulnerable to wildfires. The technology allows the Hawaii ...Read more -
NRCS Idaho aims to equip more SNOTEL sites with soil-moisture sensors
Plans to eventually equip all snowpack telemetry stations in Idaho to measure soil moisture could help water-supply forecasters and farmers. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service operates 118 full SNOTEL stations that take automated measurements of accumulated precipitation, snow-water eq...Read more