Conservation

Drones to Assist with Finding Hidden Trash on Clean Up Australia Day by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Sydney-based drone startup Aerologix has announced a partnership with Clean Up Australia to assist communities in cleaning hidden pockets of garbage in waterways and nature reserves. This weekend’s cleanup will see …

Black Swift Technologies’ S2 UAS ready for take off in support of soil moisture mapping Black Swift Technologies Delivers First-Of-Its-Kind UAS-Plus-Soil Moisture Sensor to Commercial Market: sophisticated drones for water management On April 4th, Boulder, Colorado-based Black Swift Technologies (BST) initiated the commercial launch of an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) …

Source: Robonomics Aquatic drones are taking to the high seas to fight against contaminated drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people worldwide drink contaminated water due to pollution – a problem that will only worsen as demand is projected to spike by 30 percent …

image courtesy Fire Weather Research Laboratory, San Jose State University Drones becoming a useful tool in wildfire meteorology, the effort to understand weather that leads to fire risk. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill As wildfires continue to rage across vast swaths of the western United States, researchers are developing …

Source: NOAA It’s not an Ark, but NOAA is charting a new course for aquatic research using autonomous drones. The federal agency recently launched a sea-going sortie of three aquatic drones bound for the Bering Sea. The drone fleet will survey the nation’s largest fish stock and monitor changing weather …

Source: NOAA NOAA is predicting clear skies for a new drone program the agency rolls out this week. In a media statement, the agency announced the launch of the Unmanned Systems Operations Program. “The new program will promote the safe, efficient and economical operation of unmanned systems NOAA uses to …

Researchers from Edinburgh University are using drones to study and demarcate global warming, and to determine how it is affecting glaciers in the Andes, a recent BBC article reports. DRONELIFE reached out to the makers of the drones to learn more about the project – but first, the research. Researches from …

Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Cindy Starr The Arctic is getting greener…and that is a very bad thing.  Contrary to what you may have remembered from your grade school days, the Arctic is not the barren wasteland of ice that you may envision.  The Arctic is a rich environment where …

Credit: Fredrik Christiansen Editor’s Note: Special thanks to science educator Michael Windelspecht for the news tip.   Drones have improved the study and sustainability of whales by leaps and bounds over the past few years. From efforts to curb whale hunting, to researching the sea mammals’ snot (there’s a good …

Measure’s inspection services business has been acquired by Asia Pacific company Aerodyne, forming a new joint venture entity – Aerodyne Measure – for drone services.  Measure will continue to operate independently as an enterprise software provider: Measure CEO Brandan Declet Torres comments that the partnership will significantly expand the user …