The scientific method, at its foundation, is ultimately the building of a story. From surveying the scientific literature to find that unexplored niche to collecting samples and analyzing data, scientists are charged with bringing forth answers to questions that elucidate “how things work”. However, once data are collected and studies are published, how does that work make an impact beyond the scientific community? Furthermore, if the goal is public use, how can non-scientists be expected to embrace the data if they struggle to understand it? 

The answers to these questions are often sourced in the planning process, which typically begins months before the data is released. Through years of effectively helping our clients bridge the gap between foundational science and public awareness, Waterborne’s experts have learned that developing a "scientific data-general public connection" is an intricately intertwined process that begins with 1) technical assistance that translates the scientific data into formats appropriate for public/end-user understanding, followed by 2) a public outreach program carefully curated to educate and inform. Over time, we have developed a keen understanding of what successful outreach and technical assistance efforts entail, and we adapt our process to meet each client’s unique needs using the following outreach principles...

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While Waterborne's Field Study team is well known for its expertise in field and watershed-level nutrient and emerging contaminant monitoring, water quality monitoring and analysis, critical stage drone imagery capture and analysis, and field level GHG monitoring, (just to name a few), it's a known fact throughout our company that the team is secretly in love with our abilities and our equipment surrounding volatility monitoring! It may sound a little old-fashioned, but in honor of February's “love” month’s motto, we are giving readers a glimpse of how field volatility studies spark our scientists’ hearts.

Volatility monitoring is a delicate combination of the perfect site location crossed with precise air parameter measurements at different heights and a splash of data supporting calculations of flux rates to create the quality combination of precision and efficient study output of results and reporting. Finding "the perfect site" is one of the most exciting aspects of the study! Utilizing front-end efficiencies, pinpointing a volatility study location requires a look at client land resources, speaking with research partners, or through the use of innovative web-GIS selection tools (or a combination of the three!) to narrow a pool of... 

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February is best known for its marquee holidays that range from love to civil rights, but rather than go down the well-trodden path, Waterborne is highlighting a lesser-known holiday that spans beyond a day into an entire week: National Engineering Week. To commemorate this important week, we asked several of our own engineers, "Why did you become an engineer." Their answers are below

Russ Krueger

I wanted to learn how the world works. I started in geology because I enjoyed being outside, looking at maps, and figuring out what caused the features we see in our everyday life. Eventually, I learned about the impact...

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Will you be attending the 2025 National Monitoring Conference March 10th - 14th in Green Bay, Wisconsin? So is Waterborne! If you'd like to schedule a meeting with our scientists, please contact us here.