Detecting Climate Change Since the 1980’s, the United States’ government has seen a need for accurate and unbiased historical climate records. To meet that need and help detect regional climate change, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration developed a data set known as the United States Historical Climatology Network. This data consists of daily and… [Read More]
Archives for February 2017
Rainwater Harvesting for Livestock
In Northern Alabama, a poultry farm implemented the use of a 100,000 gallon bladder-style reservoir to store rainwater for its livestock. The system was engineered to harvest the rainwater that comes down on an 82,000 ft2 poultry house roof. Two inches of rain is all that is needed to fill the 100-foot by 36-foot bladder… [Read More]