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Monitoring for flood management

Envirotec Magazine

C limate projections for the UK suggest that rainfall will increase in winter and decrease in summer, and that individual rainfall events may increase in intensity, especially in winter. NFM provides protection for smaller flood events, reduces peak flooding and delays the arrival of the flood peak downstream. Monitoring NFM.

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Planet Accelerates Deployment of Forest Carbon Monitoring System

Planet Pulse

Salo is a climate technology company that builds cutting-edge forest monitoring systems to measure Earth’s constantly changing ecosystems using artificial intelligence and multi-sensor Earth observation data. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

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Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy

GreenBiz

Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy. Esri and the science of corporate biodiversity (20:45). The sophistication of environmental monitoring tools continues to grow, with satellites, sensors and artificial intelligence all playing a role. All of these events also will be available on demand.

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Environmental DNA project launches with sampling event on the River Adur

Envirotec Magazine

Launch of the first large-scale environmental DNA project using citizen science to monitor the health of rivers. The project launched on 11 September with the first of these citizen science sampling events on the River Adur, in partnership with the local Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust.

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Enedis chief calls for energy sobriety to meet transition goals

Smart Energy International

Energy must be saved on a large scale…the challenge now is to practice the behaviour of energy sobriety,” said Marianne Laigneau, CEO of French energy company Enedis. One thing is certain we have clear evidence of climate drift and increased frequency of weather events,” said Laigneau.

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New woodlands and flood mitigation: Research kicks off in Yorkshire

Envirotec Magazine

New research will monitor the contribution of new native woodland in England towards mitigating the worst effects of climate change, such as flooding. Working together with world-leading researchers will allow us to take detailed measurements of how biodiversity and ecosystem functions change as the trees grow and the woodlands mature.

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Endesa launches grid protection project ‘Resisto’

Smart Energy International

Spanish utility Endesa’s project Resisto is aimed to reduce the impact of meteorological phenomena on the electricity grid. Electricity transmission key for reliability in extreme weathers – report Extreme weather pushes power grids to the brink – Is AI the answer? Have you read? Grid protection solutions.