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How do plants adapt to water stress as climate change continues to increase across the globe? This is what a recent study ...
Any home gardener knows they have to tailor their watering regime for different plants. Forgetting to water their flowerbed ...
A new IAEA coordinated research project ( CRP D12015) will apply gamma-ray spectrometry and digital technologies such as drones, satellite imagery and advanced analytics for precise soil assessment to ...
This data set is derived by downscaling Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) enhanced Level-3 9 km brightness temperatures (TB) using Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) reflectivity ...
In this paper, we present the design, fabrication and calibration of a passive UHF RFID tag based soil moisture and environment temperature sensor. The inter-digital double-sided capacitive sensor ...
This enhanced Level-3 (L3) soil moisture product provides a composite of daily estimates of global land surface conditions retrieved by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radiometer. This product ...
Gardening in Northeast Ohio’s raised beds can feel like a battle against the elements, but with patience, mulch, and a little ...
Chris Bonnett, founder of GardeningExpress, has shared his top tips for keeping gardens healthy and lush during hot, dry weather - and it's all about the water, with the easy to follow advice ensuring ...
About This Episode Grumpy helps a reader choose the best hydrangea for their hometown. Plus, Grumpy’s gripe of the week. Question Of The Week "I live in the bay in Sarasota, Florida, is there a ...
Most edible plants prefer slightly acidic to basic soil with a pH level of anywhere from 6.0 to 7.0. To make soil more acidic, gardeners add sulfur or other sulfates. To make it more basic, they add ...
A low-cost (6 Euro per sensor), low-power (in the order of 200 μW per sensor), with high communication range (on the order of 250 m), scatter radio sensor network is presented, for soil moisture ...