At the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the collections coordinator uses data loggers to monitor temp, RH, and light intensity to maintain the proper environment for historic artifacts made of a wide range of materials.
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Water Temperature Loggers Survive Airport Bomb Blast
A researcher recovered all data from 15 TidbiT loggers left at the airport in the trunk of her car, AFTER the misidentified devices were "detonated" by the bomb-squad with a high-pressure stream of water.
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Underwater Data Loggers Assist in Coral Reef Health Research
Researchers at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands are using data loggers to establish a link between elevated water temperature and coral bleaching due to the loss of life-supporting algae.
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Underwater Loggers Aid Discovery of Prehistoric Fish
A researcher employed dependable, low-cost data loggers to track water temperatures at coral reefs near Indonesia and ended up proving the existence of a fish species believed to have been extinct.
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Water Level Loggers Track Hurricane Surge in the Nick of Time
Just before Hurricane Rita came barreling into Louisiana, the USGS deployed numerous water level data loggers to gather storm surge information over a 4,000-square-mile monitoring area.
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Study Shows Warming Trend in Alaskan Streams
Data loggers are being used to monitor water temperatures in streams that had been teetering above the state-mandated 55°F limit, posing a substantial health risk to salmon habitat.
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The Buzz on Temperature Conditions Inside a Honey Bee Hive
Mims discusses his use of data loggers to study temperature conditions inside a honey bee hive during the winter months.
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Underwater Temperature Loggers Dive into the Bahamas' "Black Holes"
Schwabe discusses her expeditions in the remote “black holes” in South Andros, Bahamas and how underwater temperature loggers have been essential to her research.
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Water Temperature Monitoring in Buzzards Bay Watershed
Learn how underwater temperature data loggers are being deployed to gather critical information for the Coalition for Buzzards Bay water monitoring program.