Episode 9: Pioneers of Environmental Measurement
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What was the life of a scientist like before modern measurement techniques? Campbell Scientific’s Ed Swiatek and METER’s Gaylon Campbell discuss their association with three pioneers of environmental measurement. Learn what it was like to practice science on the cutting edge. Discover the creative lengths they went to and what crazy things they cobbled together to get the measurements they needed.
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