The exchange of water and heat between Earth and its atmosphere determines climate zones and ecosystems, which in turn ...

It is a fully biodegradable and eco-friendly system for hydroponic agriculture, made of hydrogel and capable of supporting plant growth with minimal water; in the future, it will be able to monitor ...

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming, thanks to an irrigation system that offers ...

Most engineers don’t suit up with gardening gloves, but Navid Shaghaghi M.S. ’14 isn’t most engineers. When he’s not in the classroom, the engineering lecturer likes getting his hands dirty. Donning a ...

WEST MICHIGAN — Now that Labor Day is behind us, some may be thinking ahead to fall. We still have weeks before peak colors arrive in West Michigan, but current conditions can actually impact our fall ...

Faced with the escalating challenge of water scarcity and the disruptive impacts of climate change, researchers from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Morocco, the United Arab Emirates ...

A new study has uncovered a surprising and concerning paradox: although Earth's vegetation cover has expanded dramatically over the past four decades, this widespread "greening" trend is often ...

INFO ESPHome 2025.8.0 INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/seeed-moisture.yaml... INFO Updating https://github.com/ackPeng/esphome.git@api WARNING The selected ...

I have a soil moisture sensor configured in ESPHome as adc component (ESP32 board). After upgrading to 2025.8.0 the sensor returns only two values (minimum and maximum). In the latest firmware version ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Any home gardener knows they have to tailor their watering regime for different plants. Forgetting to water their flowerbed over the weekend could spell disaster, but the ...

To maintain soil that produces successful crops, it helps to give it a rest now and then.That's what cover crops are all about. They prevent erosion, retain moisture, suppress weeds, reduce compaction ...

Ingredient variability has long been the enemy of product consistency in batch processing. However, the use of moisture sensing technology that automatically adjusts ingredient quantities in real-time ...