When your residence has soil moisture sensors embedded that were dictated by your friendly neighborhood HoA, you may start asking questions about the system used. That’s what [Modest Maker] did and ...

THIRDREALITY today announced the launch of the Smart Soil Moisture Sensor Gen2, the next evolution of its smart gardening lineup. Built on extensive real-world usage and refined through continuous ...

Soil moisture sensors can help farmers save water, by letting them know when their crops actually need to be watered. A new sensor could be particularly helpful, as it incorporates a special material ...

Botanical sensors are turning greenery into living data networks while monitoring plant health and optimizing yields.

Colorado State University is leading an effort to track a critical but unseen resource in Colorado: water stored in soil.

Trees such as maples have "fruits" known as samaras, which consist of a seed joined to a papery wing. Scientists have now created artificial samaras, which could be used to quickly and easily monitor ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume.

For decades, global soil moisture monitoring from space has depended on reference datasets. Satellite observations, while indispensable, are rarely used alone; instead, their retrieval algorithms are ...

The thermometer and the barometer were born in the 1600s and, since then, sensors used for environmental purposes have ...