Topic

Water quality monitoring

The measurement of pollutants such as nitrogen and sediment in rivers and coastal waters over time, usually through fixed gauging sites, to distinguish long-term trends from seasonal variation.

Current clusters

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Passive samplers detected contaminants more often than grab bottles in a Pennsylvania creek

Grab bottles and passive in-stream samplers, run side by side for two growing seasons, produced records that disagree about where contamination concentrates and when it peaks. Penn State's team says a program needs both.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption15
Hype gap+15
Incentives30
Confidence58

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Reef water quality is improving, and the paddock cut is far bigger than the river cut

Up to 37 years of monitoring on seven Queensland river systems show nitrogen and sediment falling. Fertilizer use is down as much as 49 percent from its peak; the rivers moved a lot less.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption66
Hype gap+20
Incentives68
Confidence58