Field monitoring stations are fixed or semi-mobile installations designed for continuous, in situ measurement of environmental variables in natural or managed systems. They typically integrate multiple sensors and data loggers to record parameters such as meteorological conditions, hydrological status, air and water quality, soil properties, or ecological indicators at high temporal resolution. Deployed according to rigorous sampling designs, they provide spatially explicit time-series data critical for validating models, detecting trends, and quantifying variability and extreme events. Field monitoring stations often incorporate telemetry for real-time data transmission, power systems for autonomous operation, and standardized protocols to ensure data comparability across sites and long-term research networks.
Australia marks 50 years of monitoring the world's cleanest air in remote northwest Tasmania at Kennaook / Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, supporting global efforts to track human-driven changes to the atmosphere.
Environment
Apr 1, 2026
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Emissions of two major pollutants have steadily decreased on Salt Lake City roads over the past two decades, while levels of carbon dioxide emissions, a related gas blamed for climate change, remained steady, according to ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2026
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Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), which include GPS, are traditionally used for positioning, timing, and mapping information. In an open-access study published Feb. 27 in Geophysical Research Letters, MIT Haystack ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2026
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A new data visualization illustrates how an experimental NASA technology can provide extra lead time to communities in the path of a tsunami. Called GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Alert ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2026
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Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with an impact estimated at 80 times that of COâ‚‚. Although efforts are being made to reduce the contribution of big polluters to methane in Japan, new research from Osaka Metropolitan University ...
Environment
Feb 24, 2026
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A new tool developed by Washington State University researchers could someday provide daily or weekly forecasts of water availability in the mountains similar to a weather forecast that agencies could use for important water ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2026
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Neighborhoods close to green parks and bodies of water are cooler throughout the year, according to a new UCL study focusing on the east of London, which also showed that low-cost weather sensors could provide usable research ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2025
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State-of-the-art sensors have been installed on Scotland's oldest steamship to support the monitoring of water quality and impacts of climate change.
Environment
Oct 1, 2025
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A new sensor network using AWS technology will collect live data, making the Museum gardens the most intensively studied urban nature site of its kind in the world.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2025
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University of Toledo environmental researchers trooped through the woods and wetlands of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge for a week in early June. Their mission? To outfit an approximately 16-acre site with nearly 300 ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2025
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