Weather sensors are part of an effort to monitor climate change in vulnerable communities
Scientists from Chicago State University and Argonne National Laboratory launched a plan Tuesday to place 21 sensors across the city in the next five years that will allow them to study the effects of recent and future severe weather on historically under-resourced communities.
“Here’s the thing: We’re just getting started. No one’s done this before, so we don’t know what we’re going to see,” said Scott Collis, head of Geospatial Computing, Innovations and Sensing at Argonne.
Whatever the data shows, it will prove crucial in preparing for and responding to the threats of extreme weather. “We need data-driven policy decisions.
