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  • Big declines in Atlantic Salmon leads to questions about what happens out at sea Nature
    Big declines in Atlantic Salmon leads to questions about what happens out at sea

    Concerns about the big decline of the iconic Atlantic Salmon in Britain's river systems are leading scientists to investigate what happens to this iconic fish while it's out to sea, with, on average, only 3% of fish leaving the river returning to spawn and this figure has regularly dropped below 1%. If the decline continues, wild Atlantic salmon will disappear from UK rivers in the next 30 years.

  • Environment Times magazine is out - download or flickread a copy Book/report launches
    Environment Times magazine is out - download or flickread a copy

    ENVIRONMENT TIMES... PRINTED SINCE 1993 AND NOW ALSO DIGITAL - READ LATEST ISSUE BELOW 

    CLICK HERE TO FLICK THROUGH THE MAGAZINE or click on the magazine cover image


    environment times front cover vol 20 issue 1 520pxCONTENTS

    DUNCAN’S DOODLES
    Hoping to get 500 species logged on to iNaturalist in the Adlington Pollinator and Waterlife Project created from arable ecological desert.

    REGIONAL ROUNDUPS
    A bumper 14 pages of UK & Irish news.

    EXPERT COMMENT & OPINIONS
    Experts from Celtic Renewables, Allen & York, Logistics UK and Sustain offer their views.

    LITERATURE LAUNCHES
    Privatising Humanity, Nature’s Echo, The World’s Cheapest Cleaner.

    PROSECUTIONS
    Recent UK/Irish prosecutions and Enforcement actions.

    REPORTING
    Latest CSR reports and news.

    COVER STORY - ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’
    Bumper 12 pages! The issue and news of PFAS chemicals in the UK and those finding solutions.

    WASTE MANAGEMENT
    Noose tightening on waste criminals after attention on shocking cases.

    FLOODS & WEATHER
    Solutions to flood and weather issues.

    MARKETPLACE
    New product & services.

    MOVERS, SHAKERS - AWARDS
    Six pages of the King’s Award and profiles of some of the winners.

  • Kitchen retailer Wren to install UK's largest solar array on factory roof Renewables
    Kitchen retailer Wren to install UK's largest solar array on factory roof

    Installation of the UK's largest single-roof solar array – 6.6MW - is set to begin later this month at the Barton-upon-Humber manufacturing plant of one of the UK's leading kitchen and bedroom retailers, Wren.

  • Microplastics in Dipper birds indicate wider impact on freshwater wildlife Pollution
    Microplastics in Dipper birds indicate wider impact on freshwater wildlife

    Researchers have found more evidence that microplastics are impacting freshwater wildlife in different countries around the world.

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Metasphere

METASPHERE LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER IOT INTRINSICALLY SAFE DATALOGGER / RTU

Metasphere has announced the launch of Point Blue IoT in line with their core vision of using telemetry to drive sustainable use of the world's natural resources.

metasphere  PointBlue-IoTi-RHS copyPoint Blue IoT is the FIRST-ever ATEX/ IECEx (Zone 0, Gas Group IIB), 4G NB-IoT, Cat-M1 battery-powered datalogger/ RTU suitable for use in Intrinsically Safe environments. Point Blue IoT is the latest addition to the Point Colour family of RTUs, following in the footsteps of Point Orange IoT, released in 2019.

Point Blue IoT includes support for two LPWAN technologies, NB-IoT and LTE-M, and can be connected to these networks across the globe. Metasphere's innovative device provides flexibility and simplicity with remote, configurable solutions.

NB-IoT and LTE-M, developed to enable a wide range of new IoT devices and services, offers significant improvements in power consumption of user devices, system capacity and spectrum efficiency.

metasphere PointBlue insituThis benefit translates into huge potential for water, wastewater and gas utilities, allowing for deployment at multiple sites delivering efficient IoT connectivity on their networks for sewer level, velocity and flow monitoring, wastewater quality as well as gas applications such as District Governor and Gas Distribution Network Pressure monitoring.

Tim O'Brien, CEO of Metasphere, commented: ''Our latest product offering has been developed in line with Metasphere's core vision of using telemetry to drive sustainable use of the world's natural resources. Point Blue IoT offers our customers a plug and play solution that monitors water, wastewater, and gas assets in an intrinsically safe environment; whilst contributing to sustainably manage these assets for a better future.''