Archive for September, 2010

Vladimir Putin Visits LI-8100A Research Site

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Vladimir Putin, the current Prime Minister of Russia, traveled to Samoilovsky Island to look into research being conducted by the Russian-German scientific expedition. To examine carbon dioxide soil flux changes, the researchers are using LI-COR’s Automated Soil Flux System- the LI-8100A. To read more about Putin’s recent expedition, see the following: Vladimir Putin visits LI-8100A…

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LI-8100 Soil Flux System on Display at Durham Museum in Omaha

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Did you know that soil aides in supporting nearly every form of life on earth, and did you know that one shovel full of soil contains more living creatures than there are human beings on the planet? Find out more interesting facts like these about the complex world of soil at Omaha’s Durham Museum’s “Dig…

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LI-COR Celebrates 25 Years of CO2 Analysis R&D

Monday, September 27th, 2010

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Revolutionary scientific instruments – devices that enable new research – take time to develop and perfect. The development of revolutionary instruments requires identifying limitations of the current technology and finding innovative solutions, followed by extensive testing. This process has guided product development at LI-COR, from our first stand-alone CO2 analyzer nearly 25 years ago, to…

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UNL Research Fields Monitoring Carbon Storage Damaged by Nebraska Storm

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Damaged Crop Field near Mead, Nebraska

  A late afternoon storm on Monday, September 13, tore through a University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural research center located near Mead, Nebraska in Saunders County.  Nearly $800,000 of the estimated $1.55 million in damages suffered was crop damage from heavy rain, hail, and high winds.  1800 acres of corn and soybeans were damaged, with 500 acres being…

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Pop Goes the Quick Connect

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Quick Connect

The stainless steel quick-connect fittings used with the LI-8100A Soil  CO2 Flux System have a spring-loaded locking ring that snaps into place to hold the male half of the connector in place and ensure an air tight seal.  Dirt can build up under this locking ring, preventing it from snapping in place and allowing the two connector…

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